STORY: Group photo with heads of state and government at the world climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The conference, which is scheduled to run until November 18, will discuss when and how to achieve the goal agreed in the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. As is often the case at such meetings, it may be difficult to reach an agreement. Because each of the 197 signatories to the UN climate convention is pursuing their own interests. Observers do not expect groundbreaking advances. One of the most important questions in the deliberations is whether rich countries should pay compensation to those states that are particularly hard hit by the effects of climate change. The topic of “damage and losses” is officially on the agenda for the first time. Developing countries have long demanded that developed countries compensate them financially for damage caused by global warming. The rich countries of the north had previously blocked talks about it. For fear of potentially having to pay endless costs. With more than 44,000 guests, the meeting in Egypt is the largest climate conference in history. There are also numerous climate and environmental activists on site who call on the powerful of the world to act and demand concrete results from the conference.