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How should we compensate poor countries for 'loss and damage' from climate change?

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imageIf sea level rise takes away someone's land, should that country be compensated and how? dfataustralianaid/flickr, CC BY

Representatives from dozens of countries will convene at the United Nations April 22 to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change, which commits signatories to lower greenhouse emissions in the years ahead.

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