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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Sharm el-Sheikh - Lamia Nabil

COP27... A Climate Summit with an Economic Spirit

Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, left speaks during an opening session at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP)

The economy appears to be at the heart of problems and solutions to the world’s climate crisis as the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference got underway in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday.

As the world rushed towards industrialization at the onset of the 20th century, it drove unwanted gases into the atmosphere and harvested millions of trees, forests, and green spaces. This resulted in hundreds of billions of greenhouse gas emissions threatening the very existence of humans on the planet.

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