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Conversations to watch at climate summit in Egypt
African leaders and other world leaders pose for a group photograph at the Africa Adaptation Summit in Rotterdam, ahead of the COP27, on September 5, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
The 27th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP27) gets under way in Egypt from next week, putting Africa one more time at the centre of the climate debate. The conference is expected to bring together 198 nations that are part of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
It is the highest decision making body of UNFCCC and converges annually since 1995 to discuss and agree on how best to address climate change and its impact. This is the 27th time countries will be gathering under the convention —hence, COP27— in Sharm el Sheikh, an Egyptian resort town on the Red Sea coast. It will be the fifth time that the conference is held on African soil –Morocco twice, Kenya and South Africa.
