COP27: Ten things we have learnt from the Egypt summit

A look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27

James Murray
clock • 20 min read

From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, plenty happened at COP27 James Murray writes

The COP27 Climate Summit finally closed on an early Sunday morning earlier this month, delivering both an historic deal to introduce a new Loss and Damage fund and recriminations over governments' continuing failure to accept unabated fossil fuels need to be phase out in the coming decades. It was, as ever a highly eventful fortnight, characterised by shifting politics, surging levels of green investment, and escalating fears the climate impacts could be approaching catastrophic 'tipping points'. Professional Adviser's sister title BusinessGreen rounds up ten of the key lessons from a...

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