(Reuters) – World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
Here are some of the latest comments by those attending:
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
“Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising. And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible.”
“We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”
IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA
“Unless we price carbon predictably on a trajectory that gets us at least to $75 average price per ton of carbon in 2030, we simply don’t create the incentive for businesses and consumers to shift.”
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRESIDENT SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED AL-NAHYAN
“The UAE is considered a responsible supplier of energy and it will continue playing this role for as long as the world is in need of oil and gas.”
(Compiled by Toby Chopra; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
