COP27 begins in Egypt
World leaders are meeting in Egypt this week to discuss climate change and what action should be taken to tackle it.
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After initially saying he would not attend, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be present in Sharm-El-Sheikh. The annual COP meetings are held by the United Nations where governments agree to measures to combat global temperature rise. This year’s meeting has a lot to focus on, given the record-breaking heatwave across Europe and devastating floods that hit Pakistan.
More than 200 nations have been invited to the conference, with Sunak stating how the conference should highlight the Russian invasion of Ukraine will reinforce the need to end dependence on fossil fuels.
Russian delegates will attend, and it is not clear if China will send any representatives. The host nation Egypt has said that countries attending should put aside their differences and focus on dealing with the climate crisis.
Ahead of the meeting, which runs from 6- 18 November, all participating nations were asked to submit ambitious national climate plans. Only 25 have done so.
The conference will focus on three main discussion points; reducing emissions, helping countries to prepare for and deal with the effects of climate change, and securing technical and financial support for developing countries to reach their goals.
On top of this, there will be some unresolved topics from COP26 that will be revisited. These include reinforcing the commitment to reduce coal use.
Over the coming days, it will be interesting to see if internal politics will take precedence over the issues at hand.