Last month at COP27, the U.N. climate change conference, a yearslong campaign ended in an agreement. The rich nations of the world \u2014 the ones primarily responsible for the emissions that have caused climate change \u2014 agreed to pay into a fund to help poorer nations that bear the brunt of its effects. \n\nIn the background, however, an even more meaningful plan was taking shape, led by the tiny island nation of Barbados. \n\nGuest: David Gelles, a climate correspondent for The New York Times.