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The UN's COP27 climate summit approved on Sunday the creation of a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by the impact of global warming. SOUNDBITE
Cop27 president Sameh Shoukry gives his speech opening the 10th meeting of the parties. He urges delegates, "I call upon all of you to view these draft decisions, not nearly as words on paper, but as our collective message to the world." SOUNDBITE
"The European Union and France will not accept any backtracking on the Paris and Glasgow agreements," says French Energy Transition Minister, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, as gridlocked UN climate talks in Sharm el Sheikh went deep into the night with key sticking points over funding for countries wracked by climate disasters and ambition in tackling global warming. SOUNDBITE
The "vast majority" of nations attending crunch climate talks say host country Egypt's proposed package of resolutions is "balanced", COP27 president Sameh Shoukry told journalists as the talks went into overtime. SOUNDBITE
"The blame game is a recipe for mutually assured destruction," warns UN chief Antonio Guterres during a press briefing on the sideline of COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh, with one day left before it is scheduled to end. SOUNDBITE