UN Climate Summit takes place in Egypt

At the UN Climate Summit, issues such as greenhouse gas emission reduction plans, adaptation to climate change, and climate compensation commitments to developing countries are among the most important agenda items. The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) began in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At the opening session of the summit, COP26 President Alok Sharma handed over the presidency to Egyptian Foreign Minister Samih Shoukry. In his speech here, Sharma stated that “doing nothing” on the environment was paralyzing the situation and noted that concrete steps should be taken on climate change at the summit. Egyptian Minister Shoukry stated that the world did not have the luxury of continuing to polarize efforts to combat climate change. Shoukry stated that the current situation required urgent international action. The Climate Change Conference, the most comprehensive summit in the world in the field of combating climate change, will continue until November 18. More than 100 government officials and policy makers from approximately 190 countries and more than 40,000 participants are expected at the conference, where the most important agenda items of the summit include plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to climate change, and climate compensation commitments to developing countries.