More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists' call Earth's biggest challenge, yet observers say it will be hard to make progress given all that is happening in the world.
With the world on "a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator," the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to "co-operate or perish," on avoiding further climate catastrophe, singling out the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States.
More than 100 world leaders will speak over the next few days at the gathering in Egypt, most from developing countries demanding greater accountability from the richest, most polluting nations. Much of their focus will be on telling their stories of being devastated by climate disasters, culminating Tuesday with a speech by Prime Minister Muhammad Sharif of Pakistan, where summer floods caused at least $40 billion in damage and displaced millions of people.
"Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish," Guterres said. "It is either a Climate Solidarity Pact -- or a Collective Suicide Pact."But bad timing and world events hang over the gathering. United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was initially going to avoid the negotiations, but public pressure and predecessor Boris Johnson's plans to come changed his mind. New King Charles III, a longtime environment advocate, won't attend because of his new role. And Russia's leader Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine created energy chaos that reverberates in the world of climate negotiations, won't be here.
For the first time, developing nations succeeded in getting onto the summit agenda the issue of "loss and damage" -- demands that emitting countries pay for damage caused by climate-induced disasters.
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