A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?

The Sunday morning deal that was greeted with euphoria by developing countries was being damned as a severe disappointment by most of the rich world. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA

On the eve of the Cop27 climate conference that has just finished in Sharm el-Sheikh, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned of the stark consequences of failure.

“There is no way we can avoid a catastrophic situation, if the two [the developed and developing world] are not able to establish a historic pact,” he said, in an interview with the Guardian. “Because at the present level, we will be doomed.”