Speaking ahead of the conference, Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd, Special Representative to the COP27 President said: “The Egyptian Presidency team has worked tirelessly to create an enabling environment that is conducive to successful negotiations. As the hosts of the COP, we are keen on bringing a representatives of nations and stakeholders from across the world and to provide the required momentum to address the required actions for urgent and at-scale implementation of climate commitments and pledges.”
The Blue Zone for COP27 will be centred on the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center (SHICC). Conference negotiations are scheduled to take place in the Blue Zone. In addition, a plethora of exciting activities, including those led by young advocates and scientists who have been approved as observers, will be planned by various governments. The corporate sector, youth, civil society, academics, and artists from around the world will all have more room to be present and contribute in a Green Zone that spans 22,500 square metres. Events, exhibitions, workshops, cultural performances, and speeches are all a part of the plan to encourage open and active conversation about climate change among all stakeholders. On November 7-8, all of the participating heads of state and government will gather in Sharm El-Sheikh for the Climate Implementation Summit. Just Transitions, Food Security, Innovative Finance for Climate and Development, Investing in the Future of Energy, Water Security, and Climate Change and the Sustainability of Vulnerable Communities are just some of the topics that will be discussed at the roundtables that will follow the summit's opening ceremony.
This year's COP27 will feature a number of new events and activities initiated by Egypt, which is serving as the conference's president. A few examples of such initiatives are the COP27 Presidency's Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) programme, the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN), the Action on Water, Adaptation, and Resilience (AWARe) programme, the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation Initiative (Fast) programme, the Global Waste Initiative 50 by 2050 programme, the Africa Just & Affordable Energy Transition Initiative programme, the Decent Life Initiative for a Climate Resilient (ENACT). The COP27 mobile app is a helpful, user-friendly guide to the meeting. All attendees of the COP27 conference will find this to be an indispensable resource, since it contains information on how to get around the convention centre, when and where things will take place, and more.
