Goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C ‘more fragile’ than ever, says Cop27 chair

Exclusive: in a rare interview, Egyptian minister Sameh Shoukry says global tensions are making talks harder

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The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is more fragile" than ever, as world leaders prepare to meet for crucial climate talks, the president-designate of the negotiations has warned.

Sameh Shoukry, the foreign minister of Egypt, who will chair the UN Cop27 climate summit next month, said in a rare interview that forging agreement would be harder than at any other recent climate talks, owing to the turbulent" global economy and difficult" geopolitical tensions, stoked by the Ukraine war.