UN’s COP27 climate change summit starts Sunday: What you need to know

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says the United Nation’s climate meetings don’t do enough. Thunberg said rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented change is needed to deal with global warming. (Leon Neal / Getty Images)

The massive annual United Nations climate meeting opens Sunday at the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, amid criticism that, rather than taking real steps to address climate changs, is likely to amount to nothing more than international greenwashing that produces little serious progress.

President Joe Biden is among those who will be attending what’s known as COP27, which runs through Nov. 18, for at least a day. The White House says he’ll “build on the significant work the United States has undertaken to advance the global climate fight.”