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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Ruth Michaelson

Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda

Solar panels on the roof of a hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, where Cop27 will take place in November
Solar panels on the roof of a hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, where Cop27 will take place in November. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

The Egyptian government, host of the next UN climate summit, has warned the UK against “backtracking from the global climate agenda”, in a significant intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero.

The warning before the Cop27 conference, which will take place in just over a month in Sharm el-Sheikh, to the host of Cop26, which took place in Glasgow last November, is highly unusual in diplomatic terms. The hosts of successive Cops are responsible for a smooth handover of the talks.

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