Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed his full support for Egypt's efforts to achieve success in its task, as the COP27 climate talks draw to a close.
In his remarks at COP27, Guterres said: "I am here to fully support the Egyptian presidency to achieve a success, an ambitious result at COP27. I am just off a plane from the G20 meeting in Bali – and have been briefed by the COP27 President and I thank him for his detailed description of the present situation."
He continued: "We are at crunch time in the negotiations. COP27 is scheduled to close in 24 hours – and the Parties remain divided on a number of significant issues as it was referred."
"There has been clearly, as in past times, a breakdown in trust between North and South, and between developed and emerging economies. This is no time for finger pointing. The blame game is a recipe for mutually assured destruction," he noted.
He also urged all parties to rise to this moment and to the greatest challenge that humanity is facing.
"The world is watching and has a simple message to all of us: stand and deliver."
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