Cop27: Boris Johnson to attack 'corrosive cynicism' on net zero at summit - live

The 27th Cop on climate change is taking place over the next two weeks in the resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, EgyptThe opening ceremony will take place at 12.15 EET today, kicked off with a speech from Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the president of Egypt. Beside him will be Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, who spoke to the Guardian last week about this conference and climate change, saying: "At the present level [of emissions], we will be doomed. We are approaching tipping points, and tipping points that will make [climate change] irreversible. The damage that would not allow us to recover.""We have a choice - collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands." Continue reading...