Nairobi, Jan. 10 -- Did the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, achieve anything?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi set the tone weeks before he hosted what was billed as the "Africa COP".

That the world understood better the extent of the disruptive climate impacts and what was required.

Was this manifested in the two-week talks that had more than 100 heads of state and governments attending? Was the climate "loss and damage" fund all that the vulnerable nations were yearning for?

How about commitment to steep carbon emission cuts? What happened to the $100 billion pledged in 2009?

A disappointed Alok Sharma, COP27 President vehemently pinpointed the watered-down statement t...