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       By Justin Porter

       Nov. 30, 2023

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       A home in Iranawila, Sri Lanka, that collapsed in June from coastal erosion. Credit...Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press

       The climate summit approves a fund to aid poor countries On the first day of the U.N.’s COP28 talks, diplomats from nearly 200 countries approved a draft plan for a fund to help vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters, which are made worse by pollution spewed by wealthy nations.

       For more than three decades, developing nations have pressed for compensation from wealthier, more industrialized countries to help with the costs of destructive storms, heat waves and droughts fueled by global warming. The fund has been widely viewed as a positive sign for the two-week summit in Dubai, and is expected to be up and running this year.

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       Justin Porter is an editor on the Briefings newsletter team at The Times. More about Justin Porter

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