GLASGOW, Scotland ¨C An agreement reached on Saturday night as the COP26 climate talks closed pushed concerns about growing ¡°loss and damage¡± from climate change up the agenda, as it becomes harder for many people to live safely on a hotter planet, analysts said.
But the Glasgow Climate Pact, after resistance from the United States, the European Union and some other rich nations, failed to secure the establishment of a dedicated new damages fund vulnerable nations had pushed for earlier in the summit.
Guinea, representing the developing-nation group at the talks, expressed ¡°extreme disappointment¡± at the decision to initiate only a ¡°dialogue¡± to talk about ¡°arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimize and address loss and damage¡°.
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