Latest U.S. actions fit a long pattern of ambivalence, and even disruption, at key moments during 30 years of climate talks.

By Bob Berwyn

Despite some last-minute wavering over specific words and the placement of commas in a key document, a State Department official said on Wednesday that the U.S. now welcomes new United Nations guidelines to set up a loss and damage fund, a key issue going into the global COP28 climate talks in Dubai.