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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey in Cairo

Goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C ‘more fragile’ than ever, says Cop27 chair

Sameh Shoukry speaking at a ministerial meeting in Kinshasa ahead of the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt
Sameh Shoukry speaking at a ministerial meeting in Kinshasa ahead of the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. Photograph: Justin Makangara/Reuters

The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “more fragile” than ever, as world leaders prepare to meet for crucial climate talks, the president-designate of the negotiations has warned.

Sameh Shoukry, the foreign minister of Egypt, who will chair the UN Cop27 climate summit next month, said in a rare interview that forging agreement would be harder than at any other recent climate talks, owing to the “turbulent” global economy and “difficult” geopolitical tensions, stoked by the Ukraine war.

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