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As every report says, we are making some progress, which also clearly indicates that there is much more to do in this critical decade," he said.

"Despite all the progress, I fully recognise the scale of the challenges that still lie ahead. All the major reports published this year underline that progress has been made," Sharma said, as reported by Arab News.Īlok Sharma insisted that great progress has been made in meeting climate change targets, but noted that there is much more to be done. Our shared long-term future does not lie in fossil fuels. "The UN Secretary General has been clear.

Sharma, the president of the previous COP26 in Glasgow, also spoke, pointing out that the shared long-term destiny of humanity does not lie in fossil fuels, as the planet needs to seriously fight climate change to guarantee a better future.

This was precisely one of the issues considered key in the hours leading up to this climate meeting. He also pointed out that this meeting will seek to "provide the necessary financing to developing countries" to achieve the energy transition and tackle the problems arising from the environmental crisis. In his opening speech, the Egyptian diplomat insisted on the same issues that the organisation has been calling for for weeks: that the global climate situation requires "urgent international action" and that the current political and economic crisis "must not divert global efforts to tackle climate change", as reported by the EFE news agency. The COP27 Climate Summit opened its doors on Sunday in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, with an address by Shameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was appointed as president of the conclave with the promise that it will be "a turning point in achieving collective multilateral action".Īddressing delegates from the more than 190 entities participating in the UN-sponsored meeting to address the climate change crisis, Shoukry said the meeting will seek tangible results, as "it is time to move from the negotiation phase to the implementation phase of commitments".