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Published: 07 November 2022
With the participation of about 110 world leaders, heads of government and a host of international figures, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on Monday, opens the
presidential segment of the twenty-seventh session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change "Cup 27" in Sharm el-Sheikh
The Presidential part of the conference includes 3 high-level round tables, where the participating leaders will deliver speeches on their country's efforts to face the consequences of climate change, and 3 round tables will also be held tomorrow, Tuesday.
The "cup 27" conference kicked off in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday with the wide participation of officials and representatives of more than 190 countries, as well as heads of regional and international organizations concerned with Environment, Climate and finance.
During the extended opening session that took place yesterday , Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was officially elected president of cop27, succeeding Alok Sharma, president of cop26
Egypt seeks to create an atmosphere to urge all parties to strengthen mutual trust, through which it will be possible to achieve the results that the Peoples aspire to in facing the climate change crisis and avoiding its devastating disasters.
The Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea witnessed, on Sunday, the launch of the UN climate change conference "Cup 27", amid increasing calls for rich countries to compensate the poorer countries and those most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change.
It is expected that most of the tension surrounding the"cup 27" is related to losses, damages and compensation funds provided by rich countries to low-income countries exposed to the greatest risks of climate change, which had little hand in harmful emissions that led to global warming.
Delegations will begin a two-week negotiation process by approving the agenda of the conference during an opening plenary session, at which all eyes will be on whether the richer countries will agree to officially put the issue of reparations on the agenda.
Diplomats from more than 130 countries are expected to push for the establishment of mechanisms to facilitate financing dedicated only to losses and damages in the "cup 27".