A look back on a week of negotiations and protests as world leaders converged to discuss climate goals at COP27 in Egypt.
, which was hit by the largest-ever wildfires. Climate scientists say the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — the level widely seen as necessary to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change — is slipping away.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attends a news conference at the COP27 climate summit on Monday.
AY Young, right, an American producer, singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur, performs at COP27 on Thursday.Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty ImagesSomali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud delivers a speech at the leaders summit of the climate conference on Tuesday.Hopes were high at the previous gathering last year in Glasgow, Scotland, because it was the Biden administration’s first tour on the world’s climate stage after four years of climate-skeptic policies from Trump.
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