The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off its second day today in Egypt's coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 on Monday that they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.
Dozens of heads of state and governments, including French President Emmanuel Macron and the recently named UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, are expected to converge on Egypt's Red Sea resort for the summit, which began on Sunday.
The summit will focus like never before on money – a major sticking point that has soured relations between countries that got rich burning fossil fuels and the poorer ones suffering from the worst consequences of climate change.
The summit comes amid heavy criticism from activists condemning its occurrence in Egypt, due to the country's abysmal human rights record.
Ahead of the event, Egypt was also placed on a 'state of high alert' after activists urged Egyptians to take to the streets on 11 November - during the summit - to protest against deteriorating economic and human rights conditions and Sisi's political policies.