Sisi: COP27 comes at very sensitive time, which we face existential threats

CAIRO – 6 November 2022:  President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said that he is looking forward to the inauguration of COP27 activities in Sharm El Sheikh City.

In a tweet, Sunday, Sisi added that “the current session of the Climate Summit comes at a very sensitive time, in which our world is exposed to existential threats and unprecedented challenges, affecting the very survival of our planet and our ability to live on it.”


بكل فخر واعتزاز وتشرف بالمسئولیة؛ أتطلع لافتتاح فعالیات الدورة الـ27 من مؤتمر الأطراف لاتفاقیة الأمم المتحدة بمدینة شرم الشیخ. "27 Cop الإطاریة حول تغیر المناخ " ١/٤

— Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) November 6, 2022

“There is no doubt that these dangers and challenges require quick action by all countries to develop a road map to rescue, protect the world from the effects of climate change.” Sisi added.

He affirmed that: “Egypt is looking forward to the conference to go from the promises stage to the implementation with concrete measures, building on the foregoing, especially the outcomes of the Glasgow Summit and the Paris Agreement.”

The opening session of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) kicked off on Sunday as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was handed over the presidency of from  Mr. Alok Sharma, President of COP 26/CMP 16/CMA 3.

In his speech, Shoukry thanked participants for choosing Egypt to host COP27. He added that Egypt will spare no effort to help COP27 succeed and allow all participants to have their say.

Shoukry also thanked the U.K. and Alok Sharma for the tight cooperation since COP26 to guarantee a successful COP27.

He said that COP27 is a landmark on a long trajectory against the most important challenge facing humanity.

The heads of state and government will deliver their national statements on November 7 and 8 at the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit, one day after the kick-off of the two-week conference. The Egyptian Presidency announced that 121 heads of states and governments will participate in the conference.

US President Joe Biden will not attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit but he will participate in the conference on November 11 “to advance the global climate fight and help the most vulnerable build resilience to climate impacts, and he will highlight the need for the world to act in this decisive decade,” according to a statement from the White House.