before the end of cop. so what are the key sticking points? the draft communique includes a section on loss and damage relating to a funding mechanism the developing nations have been demaning, to pay for unavoidable climate damage. the big polluters, the us the eu and the uk do not want to sign up to any binding agreement on compensation. also missing is a broad commitment to phase down all fossil fuels, rather thanjust coal as has been proposed by india and the european union. the eu is pushing for even tougher phase out language. here s the un secretary general, antonio guterres addressing the thorny issues of loss and damage. the time for talking on loss and damage is over. we need action. no one can deny the scale of loss and damage we see around the globe. the world is burning and drowning before our eyes.