COP27 – 2022 – SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT

IECDS is looking forward to being at COP27 to fostering dialogue, exchange and share ideas and solutions with parties, countries and all partners that will help the countries to achieve climate, environment and development goals.

COP – or Conference of the Parties – is the United Nations conference on climate change. It takes place every year and will bring together around 200 countries to present their plans to reduce carbon emissions. This year is the 27th conference so it is known as COP27.

COP27 is a chance for all countries invited to present and discuss their updated plans to reduce carbon emissions and reach net-zero by 2050. We’ll also hear from environmental charities, community groups, think tanks and businesses taking part.

What do we want to see from COP27?
The Paris Agreement is legally binding and therefore we want to see ambitious plans to meet these commitments, followed up by action. The discussions at COP27 this year will take place in the context of
three overarching themes:

1. Emissions reductions 
   All nations at COP26 last year were obligated to ‘revisit and strengthen’ their 2030 climate plans. Only 23 of the nearly 200 countries that signed the Pact have submitted increased pledges. The world’s
   biggest emitters, in particular, must up their plans to reduce emissions to put the world on track to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C.
2. Climate finance
   Leaders of developed countries must deliver the $100 billion promised to developing countries each year to help mitigate their emissions and adapt to the impact of climate change - a pledge made in 2009. Money is a critical component in helping developing countries to adapt to the reality of climate
   change. If they fail to deliver the funds, it will leave less developed countries rightly questioning why they should
   make and deliver on commitments to tackle climate change, when those most responsible for the climate crisis fail to keep their promises.
3. Prioritizing people 
   Because we have failed to reduce emissions swiftly communities across the world are facing up to the impact of climate change today. Forty percent of the world’s population lives on the frontline of the climate crisis. Since COP26 last year, we’ve seen flooding and devastating tropical storms across Africa, floods in Pakistan that have affected 33 million people and damaged or destroyed 1.7 million homes and a record summer of high temperatures and wildfires across Europe. The issue of “loss and damage” has been discussed for decades and while it has been treated as a side issue at previous COPs it is emerging as one of the most critical topics at COP27.   This is an opportunity for world leaders to take proactive steps, provide the money needed to make the transition to net zero and put their commitments into law.