President Ramaphosa to participate at the Climate World Leaders Summit in Egypt

President Ramaphosa to participate at the Climate World Leaders Summit in Egypt

President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted an invitation by the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Mr Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to participate in the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit scheduled from 07-08 November 2022 in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The 2022 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27, will be held from 06 to 18 November 2022 at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Conference Centre.

With COP27 taking place in Africa, it presents an opportunity to advance African priority issues, namely.

• Recognition of Africa’s special needs and circumstances; • Raising the ambitions on mitigation, adaptation and support to developing countries. • Advance financing arrangements for loss and damage. • Build on progress made in Glasgow on the importance of Just Transitions. • Advance discussions on the special needs and circumstance of Africa.

Climate Summits provide a platform to make announcements of new climate ambition, political direction and momentum for the UNFCCC negotiations, as well as to address broader issues related to climate change mainly to guide climate change negotiators (beyond the mandate and scope of the UNFCCC negotiations).

The programme for the participation of Heads of State and Government(HOSG) will include an official opening ceremony, high-level round tables, delivery of