UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres received a petition, rejecting bids by certain civil society groups and organisations to hijack COP27 for purposes contrary to the original aim of the summit: to take global action against climate change.
The petition reads as follows:
Mr. Antonio Guterres / Secretary-General of the United Nation
Greetings to your honour,
Egypt is hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), from November6 to 18.
Egypt has worked hard after the 26th edition in Glasgow last year, in co-operation with the United Nations, to organise the global event and bring it out in the best way to bring together all the leaders and actors in the world concerned with preserving the environment in one place; to discuss the great challenges facing our planet.
Unfortunately, just 48 hours after the start of the conference, the signatories of this statement were surprised that there are some international groups and organisations that seek to hijack the conference, distance it from its real goals, and use it to serve goals that have nothing to do with environmental issues, the dangers of climate change, or the rules and traditions of the international conferences.
Accordingly, the signatories to this petition call on you to immediately intervene with the powers and decisions of the United Nations on the course of events and sessions in the conference to return the conference to its right track, which is concerned with the search for creating a real international consensus for the protection of the environment and the climate.
