The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27 commenced on the 6th of November 2022 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Climate change and pollution are some of the biggest problems facing the world at present. Climate change and pollution have adversely affected human health and now children are also facing the wrath of rising climate change. According to experts, due to climate change and pollution, diseases like dengue, malaria, brain fever, and diarrhoea have spread their feet rapidly. According to the news of Only My Health, women, children and people with disabilities are most at risk from climate change and rapidly spreading pollution.
Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change addressed the sideline event at the COP27 summit yesterday. In her address she highlighted that to enhance transparency and investor confidence, a global baseline has to be developed and industries will have to try to adapt themselves to new challenges and regulations.
After two days of relief, pollution has started increasing again in Delhi and its surrounding areas. On November 11, the average air quality index in the country's capital Delhi was once again recorded in the very poor category. According to SAFAR, the average AQI of Delhi was recorded at 303 at 7 am on Friday. At the same time, the condition of the air in NCR also appeared to be deteriorating.
An international coalition 'International Drought Resilience Alliance' has been launched to deal with the increasing outbreak of drought globally. This alliance has been released during the ongoing Summit on Climate Change (Cop 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on 07 November 2022. The alliance includes 25 countries and 20 organizations around the world, including Senegal and Spain.
At the United Nations Climate Dialogue (Cop 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world, "The world is on the highway of hell and foot accelerator due to climate change." We are losing the battle of our life fast. This is our last chance to save this planet for generations to come. Now there is no option left. Either cooperate or burn in hell.
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the 'India Pavilion' at COP-27 held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Sunday. According to the press release, the COP-27 conference is scheduled from November 6 to 18. Welcoming the representatives of all countries to the 'India Pavilion', Yadav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had provided a simple solution to the complex climate change problem. He said that India believes that action to stop climate change starts from the ground level, hence he designed the India Pavilion with the theme of 'Life'. Scholars of India working towards preventing climate change were also honoured on this occasion.
On the 27th of September 2022 in Cairo, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the European Union (EU), the Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Switzerland and the African Climate Foundation signed a new $6.2 million project to support Egypt’s presidency of the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh from 7–18 November this year.
On 28th September 2022, in Cairo, Egypt’s COP27 Presidency set out its vision for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, taking place in Egypt’s coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh from November 7th to the 18th.
On the 21st of October 2022, members of the Egyptian COP27 Presidency Team and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held an all-day consultation with speakers from previous COP Presidencies in Cairo.
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