The 27th Conference of the Parties takes place November 6-18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Heads of state, energy and environment ministries and UN officials will meet with the goal of advancing global commitments to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century.
With geopolitical and economic pressures altering the context dramatically since the last meeting in Glasgow, S&P Global Commodity Insights tackles the most pressing questions ahead of this global climate gathering.
In this special COP27 countdown series, Roman Kramarchuk, Head of Future Energy Outlooks, tackles the fifth, and perhaps, biggest question: with centralized climate decisions slowly giving way to individual national policies, will COP remain relevant?
Stay up to date: Read the latest energy transition news and S&P Global's coverage of COP27.
Watch the rest of the series here:
Episode 1: Can the world unite around climate right now?
Episode 2: Will countries accelerate decarbonization goals?
Episode 3: What is the progress on additional agreements made last year?
Episode 4: What will India do?