But the war in Ukraine, European anguish over the great gas and oil crisis and the legislative elections in the United States (November 8) threaten to dominate, once again, a conference that brings together, until November 18, practically the entire international community, almost 200 members.
Which leaders will participate in COP27
On Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 there will be a leaders summitwhich will be attended by up to a hundred participants.
Although he will not participate directly in this forum reserved for incumbent leaders, the recent winner of the Brazilian elections, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaconfirmed that he will attend, after being unexpectedly invited by Egypt.
Thirty years after the historic Rio Earth Summit (1992), Brazil could return to the front line of the fight against climate changeor, after four years of skepticism embodied by President Jair Bolsonaro.
The American President, Joe Bidenconfirmed his presence, but there will also be outstanding absenteesWhat the Russian Vladimir Putin or the Chinese Xi Jinping.
China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases of the planet and relations with the United States, which follows, are currently very cold, which does not facilitate the complex negotiations within the COP, where all decisions are made by consensus.
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Claims and objectives
Developing countries demand the creation of a fund to deal with the damage caused by the emission of greenhouse gasesof which they are the main victims.
Although officially the negotiating parties they have until 2024 to make a decisionthe “funds and losses” are on the provisional agenda of Sharm el Sheikh, which must be approved on Sunday at the opening.
Meanwhile, the international community committed itself at the historic COP21 in Paris (2015) to limit the increase in the planet’s average temperature to a maximum of 2ºC, and preferably to 1.5ºC by the end of the century.
Instead, global warming could reach 2.8ºC, according to the latest UN report.
Source: Ambito
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