UN climate negotiators approve compensation deal for poorer nations

The decision establishes a fund for what negotiators call loss and damage

Negotiators have approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution (Peter Dejong/AP)

Negotiators have approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution.

But an overall larger agreement still was up in the air because of a fight over emission reduction efforts.