COP27 marks only the fifth time a UN climate conference is held in Africa, and is expected to feature prominently the voices and demands of the Global South
The 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC , also known as COP27, kicks off on Sunday. Delegates including negotiators and civil society representatives from more than 200 countries are set to meet in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from November 6 to 18.
Although Russian delegates are expected to attend the conference, Vladimir Putin will not be at the conference. China and India will not attend theThe Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has announced she would boycott the conference, calling it a “greenwashing” exercise. COP27 will pick up on some of the issues that were left pending at COP26, with the Egyptian presidencyThese include climate finance for developing countries, a just transition to renewable energy for emerging nations, further commitments to reduce coal use, and emission reduction targets.between countries’ climate pledges and the scale of emissions cuts required to meet the Paris Agreement’s target of keeping warming below 2C or 1.5C will continue to feature prominently in the negotiations.
Meanwhile, very few countries have updated their emission reduction targets, also known as Nationally Determined Contributions . Their deadline is the end of 2022.Developing nations will push rich countries to honour the yet-unfulfilled pledge to provide $100bn in climate finance every year by 2020.
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