california, berkeley, and is in sharm el sheikh at cop27. what are your hopes for this summit and how important do you think it is in the whole process? the and how important do you think it is in the whole process? and how important do you think it is in the whole process? the process is lona and in the whole process? the process is long and painful in the whole process? the process is long and painful but in the whole process? the process is long and painful but this in the whole process? the process is long and painful but this is in the whole process? the process is long and painful but this is a - long and painful but this is a critical summit, long and painful but this is a criticalsummit, it long and painful but this is a critical summit, it is a summit on the african continent and it s been billed by many as the cop by and for africa. it s critical in a number of ways. last year at cop 26 and glascow was the first year that the global community tipped over a promise tha
but admitted defeat on addressing climate change this session. these agreements were made at cop 21, reasserted at cop26 in glasgowjust recently. john kerry, the us climate and boy has been making trips to of cop27, what is hoped for at that meeting? at the moment, the us in action is what everyone is talking about. earlierthis is what everyone is talking about. earlier this week, a pivotal senator in the united states, joe manchin of west virginia, let it be known that he would not be able to vote at this moment for legislation that would have helped president biden achieve that goal, so the goals at cop27 are multiple, but the most important one is for all countries to move toward reducing emissions and getting on this 1.5 degrees pathway. if