Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

And in New York, I'm John Fassman.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In a list of the world's hardest jobs, flying fighter jets for Ukraine's Air Force must

rank near the top.

Western defense systems help, but most of Ukraine's armaments are Soviet era.

We talk to one pilot about what he's up against when he's up in the air.

And I'll talk.

The world speaks more than 7,000 different languages.

They vary markedly in syntax, rules, and almost everything else.

But one feature, one word in fact, links most of them, and it starts at home.

First, two weeks of climate negotiations have come to a close in Sharvelshake Egypt.

This UN climate conference of the parties or COP ran into nearly two days of overtime.

But eventually something of a deal between global governments was struck.

This outcome does move us forward, and historic outcome won the benefits the most vulnerable

all around the world.

The talks wound up focusing on the question of loss and damage caused by extreme weather

events.

Inside the conference, on-voys and bigwigs haggled, and outside, protesters demanded compensation

for the historical emissions of richer states.

Well, they got that finance, or at least the start of it.

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