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4 signs of progress at the UN climate change summit

  • Written by Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University
4 signs of progress at the UN climate change summitDeveloping countries are calling for more funding and for changes at the World Bank.Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Something significant is happening in the desert in Egypt as countries meet at COP27, the United Nations summit on climate change.

Despite frustrating sclerosis in the negotiating halls, the pathway forward for ramping up climate finance to...

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