As Ukraine war, energy crisis threaten gains, climate huddle begins today in Egypt town
Amid growing demand from poorer countries for compensation for damage caused by climate disasters, negotiators from around the world are set to begin their annual two-week climate deliberations on Sunday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.
This year’s UN climate summit, known as COP27, is being held under the shadow of an ongoing war in Europe, which, among other things, is contributing to a serious economic downturn and the straining of countries’ capabilities to urgently respond to the climate crisis.
The war in Ukraine has disrupted global energy supplies, upset calculations for the transition to cleaner non-fossil fuels and is threatening to undo the marginal gains made on the climate change front in the last few years.
