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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Patrick Daly

What is COP27 climate summit, why is Egypt hosting and will King Charles III attend?

World leaders will descend on Sharm el-Sheikh from Sunday to discuss cutting their nation's emissions as part of the COP27 climate summit.

Lasting a week, the event at the Egyptian resort will see high-level talks among nations in a bid to cut back on man-made activities that are causing global temperatures to rise.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reluctantly agreed to attend after his administration came under pressure following his suggestion, after being appointed by Tory MPs last month, that he wouldn’t be travelling to the summit.

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