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    Watch: Reflections on COP 27

    Veteran climate negotiator Mamadou Honadia of Burkina Faso and UnniKrishnan Divakaran Nair of the Commonwealth Secretariat speak to Devex about the outcomes of COP 27 — and why a "loss and damage" fund may not be all it seems.

    By Jessica Abrahams // 25 November 2022
    The big news out of the 27th United Nations climate summit was the deal to create a form of climate reparations or “loss and damage” fund — a moment hailed as historic by many observers and a “pinch-me moment” for those who have been campaigning on the issue for years. “Definitely yes, after so many years of sustained efforts to get a mention of the establishment of a fund. … It’s a good progress,” said UnniKrishnan Divakaran Nair, head of climate change at the Commonwealth Secretariat, during a Devex Pro Live event. Yet Mamadou Honadia, a climate negotiator from Burkina Faso and representative of the LDC Group on Climate Change, was disappointed. “We are not happy,” he said. “The text is very far from what we expected.” Both speakers underscored that what happens next will be important. They spoke to Devex just days after the climate negotiations concluded, reflecting on the outcomes and what needs to happen now.

    The big news out of the 27th United Nations climate summit was the deal to create a form of climate reparations or “loss and damage” fund — a moment hailed as historic by many observers and a “pinch-me moment” for those who have been campaigning on the issue for years.

    “Definitely yes, after so many years of sustained efforts to get a mention of the establishment of a fund. … It’s a good progress,” said UnniKrishnan Divakaran Nair, head of climate change at the Commonwealth Secretariat, during a Devex Pro Live event.

    Yet Mamadou Honadia, a climate negotiator from Burkina Faso and representative of the LDC Group on Climate Change, was disappointed.

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