Cop28 What to watch on Tuesday at Cop27 By Reuters November 8, 2022 Reuters/Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court Leaders pose at the second edition of the summit of the Green Middle East Initiative, held on the sidelines of the Cop27 climate conference, at Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt World leaders will take the stage again on Tuesday as the Cop27 climate summit enters its second full day. Among the expected speakers are outspoken advocates for measures to compensate poor, climate-vulnerable countries for damage already being wrought by global warming. They include Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, which was recently hit by devastating floods, and the leaders of small island nations Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda, which are susceptible to hurricanes and sea-level rise. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will also speak on Tuesday, along with European Council President Charles Michel, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and dozens of others. US President Joe Biden will not arrive until next week, but his delegation will open its pavilion at the Cop27 venue on Tuesday and special envoy John Kerry and John Podesta, Biden’s senior adviser on clean energy innovation will be there. Biden administration officials at the US pavilion will also be keeping an eye on the results of the Congressional midterm election in the US, which will determine the makeup of the US Congress and which could impact climate policy at the state and local level.
