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Over the past 2 weeks we've been hearing from leading voices who attended the United Nations Climate summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Delegates were looking weary as COP27 finally ended on Sunday – but then, it was after four o’clock in the morning after an extension. It had been meant to finish on Friday. Negotiations had stalled on a number of issues – including the setting up of a ‘cost and damage’ fund to pay countries for damage caused by climate related disasters. But now the conference is over and an "historic" agreement has been reached. But who does it benefit? We spoke to Yamide Dagnet, the director for Climate Justice at the international funding body, Open Society Foundations. She told us the loss and damage fund "leaves us with the glass half full... and it was due to the tenacity and compelling efforts from vulnerable nations, communities and civil society to really overcome the injustice". (Photo: Cop27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: EPA)