The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
COP 27 was originally expected to take place from 8-20 November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, COP 26 was rescheduled from November 2020 to November 2021. As a result, COP 27 will take place from 6-18 November 2022.
The provisional agendas for the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference are here.
Vision
Egypt has laid out its vision for successful and consensual negotiated outcomes at COP27 as follows:
Achieving as much progress as we can across the board on every item under negotiations in a balanced and equitable manner, and based on the rules and principles that govern our collective action to tackle climate change and its impacts. This means delivering a comprehensive, ambitious Mitigation Work Program, achieving and capturing meaningful progress on the Global Goal on Adaptation, addressing the Loss and Damage deficit including through finding a balanced solution to the funding issue, and effectively addressing the climate finance challenge in a manner which creates trust in the process and allays concerns that developing countries will be called upon to contribute to the global effort without commensurate support.
Basing all of our work on the most reliable, credible science available in the form of the IPCC and other relevant reports which have consistently established the need for urgent action to address the existing gaps particularly on mitigation, adaptation and climate finance.
Ensuring that no country or group is left behind through building mutual trust and understanding and stressing the global nature of the climate challenge and hence the need for collective, complementary and collaborative action
Commitment to the rules and principles that govern our collective action to tackle climate change and its impacts and
Emphasizing the need to move from negotiations to implementation through specific, measurable, impactful initiatives to be delivered and implemented on the ground.
Targets
Shifting from pledging to implementation at scale and on time, based on the agreed work streams in Paris and the ambition reflected until and during Glasgow, it is time to accelerate, scale up, replicate success stories and deliver through the right mechanisms.
Delivering on adaptation, a transformative adaptation agenda is needed now. One based on science and is responsive to the actual needs of countries and communities in climate vulnerable situations, and which protects the basic needs and sustainable development needs and objectives for all.
Action to clarify support for loss and damage, with the increasing impacts of more frequent extreme weather events and speeding slow onset events, it is time to respond to the calls and needs for effective mechanism that delivers on the needs for action and support in particular for those who are most vulnerable to the climate change impacts.
Making finance flows a reality. Providing, mobilizing and delivering climate finance for developing countries is an urgent priority and needs a new mindset, updated strategies and policies especially on the backdrop of current financial crises, debt challenges and increasing interest rates. It is imperative to make appropriate financial flows that are based on needs identified through NDCs and other vehicles, with a focus on concessional finance instruments, and grants as appropriate, while providing a clear revision of definition of bankable projects that takes into consideration climate benefits and not only risks, and achieving cross cutting impacts.
Ensuring a managed and just transition, based on the agreed principles in the Convention and its Paris Agreement, to deliver the agreed transition to an economic model based on low emission and climate resilient development as envisaged in Paris Agreement and the enhanced action identified in Glasgow. It is important that we agree on managing the transition in a manner which ensures the needed shift and the quick phasing-in of low emission technologies and phasing-down of high emission ones, while keeping in mind the impacts of implementation of response measures and ensuring that the Just transition meets the needs of all those who are impacted, including regarding food and water security
Avoid backsliding on commitments and pledges despite the multiple challenges and crises in particular energy crisis. We must all