Africa's push for loss and damage fund lost at COP27

This year's United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27) was held in Cairo, Egypt. [Carole Kimutai, Standard]

Africa's push for a practical loss and damage fund has hit a snag and the continent will walk empty-handed from the COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Widely regarded as the African Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) there was a lot of hope for the continent that bears the heaviest brunt of climate change.