What is Cop27 and what does the Egypt summit aim to achieve?

What is Cop27 and what does the Egypt summit aim to achieve?

Thousands have descended on the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh for the Cop27 climate summit, bringing together governments from around the world. But what does the summit actually achieve? What is the Cop27 summit? The summit is taking place from November 6 to 18 in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Cop stands for Conference of the Parties to the UN’s climate change framework - and includes all the UN member states, plus the State of Palestine and the Holy See, UN non-member states Niue and the Cook Islands, and the European Union, which negotiates as a bloc. The event occurs annually (apart from in 2020, when it was interrupted by Covid-19), and this will be its 27th year. The host of the summit is chosen by the UN and cycles through the different regions. Last year, the UK hosted the Cop summit in Glasgow and at the beginning of the two weeks officially handed over the presidency to Egypt. What is the goal of the Cop27 summit? The real work of the summit is to hash out the details of international climate agreements, particularly the Paris Agreement, which commits countries to try to limit global warming to