Negotiators from around the world are gathering in Egypt this week for this year’s biggest international climate summit, called COP27.
A COP27 sign stands on the road leading to the site of the COP27 summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 20, 2022.
"Every degree does matter, 1.5 degrees is the scientific goal of a climate [that] remains stable. After that, things become exponentially more difficult," Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute, told ABC News. Dasgupta said the pressure is more on the largest emitters like the US, Europe, China, and India to be more ambitious because they contribute far more greenhouse gas emissions.
"This particular year that we are ending, or almost ending, has been devastating in climate-related weather disasters, like a banner year,” he said.
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