London, 2 November 2022 (TDI): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he will attend the COP27 session in Egypt the following week.
The decision came as a reversal of the earlier choice to focus on urgent domestic economic challenges instead of participating in the annual climate conference.
“Without addressing climate change, long-term prosperity is impossible. Without investing in renewable energy, there is no energy security”, Sunak tweeted.
Regarding the agreement reached in the British city of Glasgow at the previous summit, he said he was attending the summit to “deliver on Glasgow’s legacy of forging a safe and sustainable future.”
Sunak was criticized by environmentalists, legislators from the opposition, and even some members of his party after his office said last week that he did not plan to attend the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference.
James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, explained the Prime Minister’s strategy by asserting that he had always seen COP27 to be a “very important occasion.” According to Cleverly, Sunak had wanted to ensure that the financial issue was under control.
COP 27 will take place over the course of two weeks, from November 6 to November 18. On November 7 and 8, there will be a World Leaders Summit to begin the two weeks of negotiations.
Following that, government representatives will address some of the most important climate-related topics, such as financing, decarbonization, adaptation, and agriculture.
Aside from that, big issues including gender, water, as well as biodiversity will be the focus during the second week.
COP 27
Since 1995, the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as the Conference of the Parties, has taken place annually.
These two-week summits provide a crucial forum for world leaders, legislators, academics, and a wide range of other individuals to discuss the global climate challenge.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The UNFCCC, an international environmental convention that addresses climate change, was ratified 30 years ago, and the annual conferences bring those signatories together.
The UNFCCC is signed by all states that are members of the UN, as well as Palestine, the Cook Islands, & Niue. The Holy See is another treaty observer. There are 197 signing parties in all, representing practically every state, country, & nation in the globe.
Every year, representatives from all parties gather for the Conference of the Parties, or COP, to discuss how to combat climate change. This year 27th COP will be held in Egypt next month.
