Another area that faced scrutiny was the target to keep warming below 1.5℃ and the ‘ratchet mechanism’.
This is simply the requirement for countries to regularly revise and communicate their emissions targets, known as nationally determined contributions or NDCs.
Thankfully, despite some nations wanting to scrap them, they survived, a necessary step in the battle against climate change.
However, a resolution for the world to hit peak emissions by 2025 was scrapped, which has been viewed as a step backwards.
The final text of COP27 did contain a provision to boost “low-emissions energy”.