cop27 New presidency

Alok Sharma, President of COP 26 representing the United Kingdom, passed the baton officially to the new Egyptian President of COP 27, HE Sameh Shoukry, during the opening plenary.

During his speech, Mr. Sharma reiterated the achievements made during COP 26, such as finalizing the Paris Rulebook – the guidelines for delivering that Agreement –and making more substantial financial commitments.

He shared that the implementation of last year’s commitments must continue to achieve long-term goals and progress toward 1.5°C warming. He urged leaders to act, expressing, “As challenging as our current moment is, inaction is myopic and can only defer climate catastrophe, we must find the ability to focus on more than one thing at once.”