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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
imageDeveloping countries are calling for more funding and for changes at the World Bank.Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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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...

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