UK PM Rishi Sunak welcomes progress made at COP27 – Egypt Today

  • Date: 21-Nov-2022
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UK PM Rishi Sunak welcomes progress made at COP27 – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 21 November 2022: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed the agreement reached at the 2022 United Nations climate change summit (COP27) in Egypt.

"I welcome the progress made at COP27, but there can be no time for complacency. More must be done," Sunak tweeted.

"Keeping the 1.5 degrees commitment alive is vital to the future of our planet," he added.

Foreign Minister and President of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, Sameh Shoukry underlined on Sunday the importance of taking into considerations all recommendations and decisions reached during the climate conference for a better future.

The decisions that were reached during the UN conference are tantamount to a gateway to advancing towards climate neutrality and resilience, Shoukry said at the closing session of the UN conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh.

He called on everyone to consider these decisions not as words on paper, but as messages addressed to the world for future generations in order to set the appropriate pace for implementing the Paris Agreement.

Shoukry expressed appreciation for tireless efforts exerted by all participating delegations to reach these results.

The foreign minister called for taking into consideration all arrangements related to financing to be able to make up for