90 Heads of State to attend COP27 next week

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https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/11/02/rishi-sunak-confirms-cop27-attendance-reverses-earlier-decision/

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So far, 90 heads of state have confirmed their attendance, including US President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are due to attend.

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and British UK Prime Minister(s) Sunak and former Minister Boris Johnson will attend. King Charles probably put the pressure on.


previous information including a few Wiki. https://www.democraticunderground.com/113335247

regarding the UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/king-charles-rishi-sunak-cop27-reception-b2214857.html

King Charles is holding his own Palace reception this week.

I believe President Biden will put the pressure on numerous world leaders personally.

That area provides the best overall security for foreign dignitaries in Egypt. Although geographically not real close to Cairo and the neighboring Giza Pyramids, its not far either. . The area is called South Sinai, as compared to North Sinai. North Sinai is significantly more of a security risk. North Sinai borders southern edges of Gaza and Israel. The shipping lanes are a short distance south of Sharm El-Sheikh. Saudi Arabia is a very short distance east across the Gulf of Aqaba.

A warning of protests on the same day was
posted by the US Embassy in Cairo https://www.democraticunderground.com/113335226

https://egyptindependent.com/biden-will-visit-egypt-to-participate-in-cop27-summit-white-house/

wiki of the area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh

Some areas away from the Mediterranean have had less than 5 days of rain in 2 years.

Egyptian currency rate has dropped 19 percent against the US dollar in the past week.

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1. Wiki Cop27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

Itinerary

On 7 and 8 November, the conference will begin with a World Leader’s Summit, followed by discussions on topics such as climate finance, decarbonisation, climate change adaptation and agriculture during the first week. The second week is expected to cover gender, water and biodiversity.[12] French president Emmanuel Macron, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte and Senegalese president Macky Sall will host an event on accelerating action on climate change in Africa.[16]

Event spaces on the opening day of the conference were told they may need to be cancelled, unless they involve visiting heads of state, following tightening of security. These restrictions will not apply to the following day of the conference. Some NGOs criticised the move. Media access to the pavilions is also expected to have heavy restrictions.[23]

Reception


Ahead of the summit, the Human Rights Watch expressed concerns regarding the state of freedom of expression in Egypt, along with the broader human rights situation, and questioned to what extent it would be possible to protest.[24] Issues raised by critics included the authoritarian political system, mass imprisonment and curbs on civil society and dissent since 2013, under the leadership of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah criticised COP27 taking place in Egypt, and stated that "Of all the countries to host they chose the one banning protest and sending everyone to prison, which shows how the world is handling this issue."[25] Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben and British Green Party MP Caroline Lucas are among the signatories who have signed a letter detailing their concerns about holding COP27 in Egypt.[26]

On 15 July 2022, a White House adviser, Jerome Foster II, and a British climate justice activist, Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson, wrote a letter to the UNFCCC condemning the choice of Egypt as host of the COP27. The letter written to Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of UNFCCC, requested it to move the conference to another safer African country due to concerns over LGBT rights, women's rights and civil rights suppression. Various human rights groups, including Amnesty International, viewed COP27 as an opportunity for Egypt to lift restrictions on civic space, and advocated for it to release its political prisoners and create a safe environment for advocates after COP27 ends.[27][28]

Reports[by whom?] revealed that a covert registration process filtered out civil society organizations critical of the Egyptian government from attending the Cop27. Egypt’s foreign, environment and social solidarity ministries privately selected and screened NGOs that would be permitted to apply for one-time registration for the climate summit. The application process and the selection criteria were not made public.[29]