Climate Summit COP27

The COP27 Summit took place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6^th to November 20^th, 2022. Seeing the turbulent period the world finds itself in, it wasn’t easy to reach an agreement on how to prevent drastic climate change. As a result, not everybody seems to be pleased with the results. Do you want to know why?

Watch the video of 4.10 minutes to find out.

Questions about the video

1. What’s the main lesson learnt from the summit?
2. What can Europe do to improve the situation according to Lidia Perreira?
3. What are the pros and cons to the damage and loss funding for climate change related disasters?
4. What has to be done according to Mia Moisio?

But what exactly was agreed in the COP27 summit? Read the following article from CNBC COP27: New global climate deal struck at conference in Egypt (cnbc.com) which summarizes the agreements made to find out.

Questions about the text

1. What was the main issue discussed in the summit?
2. What was the US accused of?
3. What did most of the participants find very important?

Discussion questions

1. What do you think about the COP27 summit?
2. In the video, the panelists talk about ‘diplomatic action’. What do you think they mean by that?
3. What things do you do to help the environment?

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