Many see this year's global climate summit as a crucial test of the world's resolve to prevent the worst predicted outcomes of climate change.
around the world in the form of droughts, more frequent and more severe storms, rampant flooding, heat waves and wildfires.
Below is a breakdown of what to expect from the biggest international climate conference, COP27, as it kicks off Sunday in Egypt.COP stands for"conference of parties." It happens every year, and this is the 27th time it has been convened. It is a meeting of governments that have signed onto the world's major climate change agreements: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, or the Paris Agreement.
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