Tensions at the United Nations climate change conference known as COP27 have been running high, largely over the issue of what’s called “loss and damage” — shorthand for the disproportionate suffering ...

Facing a call for climate reparations, a group of countries led by Germany announced a climate insurance scheme at COP27 on Monday. Reading time 8 minutes This story was originally published by Grist.

Climate breakdown is well under way. So it is no wonder that a defining conflict of the COP27 climate talks in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt is over who pays for the damages that are already taking place, ...

Germany is proposing an insurance program for climate change disasters. But questions loom over its funding and whether it can really protect people on the front lines. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The ...