Ireland second in the EU for per-capita emissions of greenhouse gases — we must act

The best outcome we can hope for at these talks is a firm agreement on a financial mechanism to direct money on an ongoing basis to compensate for damage caused by climate change

University College Cork's Professor Hannah Daly is one of Ireland's leading experts on climate change and energy transition and part of the university's delegation in Egypt. UCC, as the only Irish university with official observer status at the UN Cop27 conference, is sending a delegation of researchers and students to the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh.  Picture: Clare Keogh

Cop27 is likely to see highly contentious negotiations between countries on the topic of “loss and damage”.

This annual summit is an opportunity for representatives from poor and vulnerable countries to confront leaders of rich, high-emitting countries to demand actions to address the gross injustice of climate change.