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Almost 200 countries turned up in Egypt for the UN's 27th worldwide meeting on climate change. Umer Orfan is a science reporter at Vox, and he monitored from home. The main agenda item was this idea of compensating poorer countries facing the effects of climate change now. Island countries have been talking about building a loss in damage fund for decades.

In a UN-brokered agreement, more than 190 countries agreed to pay for “loss and damage” caused by climate change. But determining who owes what — and for what and to whom — will be a real challenge.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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