Climate negotiations continue at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh,Rubypoint Egypt. Tens of thousands of attendees from around the world have gathered in the seaside resort town. They've come to discuss some of the key issues to figure out how to combat climate change, remedy its effects, and to focus on implementing the big changes discussed last year in Glasgow.

Correspondent Nathan Rott joins Emily Kwong to walk through the biggest debates at this year's COP, like loss and damage payments. And, he talks about how the war in Ukraine and the U.S. midterm elections are affecting discussions as well.

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This episode was produced by Margaret Cirino and edited by Gisele Grayson. Abē Levine checked the facts. The audio engineer was Katherine Silva.