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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine

Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt’s special representative for Cop27
Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt’s special representative for Cop27, says civil society will be represented at talks, amid fears protests will not be allowed. Photograph: Sayed Sheasha/Reuters

The Egyptian hosts of the next UN climate summit have issued a plea for countries to set aside tensions and animosity over the Ukraine war for the sake of focusing on the climate crisis.

Egypt will host the Cop27 conference in Sharm El-Sheikh in November, intended as a forum for companies to fulfil the promises they made at the landmark Cop26 summit in Glasgow last year.

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