In the wake of the upcoming COP27 climate summit taking place this Sunday, U.N Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that nations will face irreversible catastrophe unless they rapidly deliver on the commitments made during the 2015 Paris climate summit. The upcoming summit, convening in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Sunday, renews hope for a world battered with interconnected climate crises.
António Guterres addressed the public with a newfound urgency, “COP27 must be the place to rebuild trust and re-establish the ambition needed to avoid driving our planet over the climate cliff. In the last few weeks, report after report has painted a clear and bleak picture.”
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COP27: Nobel Prize Winners Demand Egypt Demand Political Prisoners
More than a dozen Nobel laureates have urged world leaders to put pressure on Egypt, the host of the COP27 International Climate Conference, to release “thousands” of political prisoners, including prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
The 15 Nobel laureates urged the leaders to “use every opportunity” during the conference “to bring the voices of the unjustly imprisoned into the room” in a letter sent to the United Nations, the European Council, and heads of state in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France, among others.
The UN-organized COP27 will take place from November 6 to 18 in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh, with the goal of bringing governments together to accelerate efforts to address the world’s climate crisis.
