Poorer nations say rich ones have betrayed them by dragging their feet on paying for centuries of climate damage. They were hoping to get compensation talks onto the official agenda for November's COP27 climate conference.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says he thinks rich countries can finally meet their pledge to provide $100 billion annually to help poor nations cope with climate change beginning this year — and will definitely reach that amount in 2023.
For decades, vulnerable countries and activist groups have demanded that rich polluter countries pay for irreparable damage from climate change. This year, there may be a breakthrough.
