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COP27 must deliver on existing promises, says Egypt's climate diplomat

Mohamed Nasr, Egypt鈥檚 chief climate negotiator, tells 麻豆传媒 that COP27 will focus on making sure existing promises are kept, rather than extracting new pledges

By Madeleine Cuff

1 November 2022

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The COP27 climate summit begins on 6 November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

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Countries should prioritise delivering on existing plans to cut carbon emissions rather than drawing up fresh strategies to achieve the 1.5掳C temperature goal, according to one of Egypt鈥檚 leading climate diplomats.

The COP27 summit will be a 鈥渞eality check鈥 to make sure that climate pledges already made on聽UN stages are being delivered in nations around the world, according to Mohamed Nasr, Egypt鈥檚 chief climate negotiator.

At last year鈥檚 COP26 summit in Glasgow, UK, countries pledged to put forward bolder carbon-cutting plans…

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