COP27

What is COP27?

COP27 (the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference) is the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. COP27 is taking place between the 6th and 18th November 2022.

COP27 takes place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt and marks 30 years since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted and seven years since the Paris Agreement was agreed at COP21.

An annual event, the ‘Conference of the Parties’ or ‘COP’ brings together the governments which have signed the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol or the Paris Agreement.

World leaders, ministers, and negotiators come together to agree how to jointly address climate change and its impacts.

What is on the Agenda?

• Adaptation to climate change, and finance for ‘loss and damage’ are on the agenda at COP27.
• Business leaders call for more action to incentivise green technologies and discourage fossil fuels.
• The head of climate action at the World Economic Forum speaks to the Radio Davos podcast.

Key Issues Under Discussion

• Keep the rise in global average temperature to ‘well below’ 2°C, and ideally 1.5°C, above pre-industrial levels.
• Strengthen the ability to adapt to climate change and build resilience.
• Align finance flows with ‘a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development’.