Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will meet in Bonn on Monday for climate negotiations intended to put global warming back on track as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat of rising emissions.
COP27, being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt is building on the positive results of the UN climate change conference COP26 in Glasgow where the operational details of the Paris Agreement were finalised and progress made in key areas of mitigation, adaptation and support identified challenges.
Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned last week that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might drag measures to tackle the climate crisis down.
Climate Change Commissioner Patricia Espinosa called on governments not to “depart from that.”
