Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 7 November 2022

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1. UK open to reparations

Britain has paved the way to paying climate change reparations to developing countries by backing talks on the question at the Cop27 summit. Last night UK negotiators “backed a last-minute agreement to address ‘loss and damage’ payments to countries badly affected by climate-related disasters”. Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives are among the nations pressing for compensation from richer countries responsible for most of the world’s pollution. Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak will tell the summit that “the fight against climate change can become “a global mission for new jobs and clean growth”.

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