Nearly 200 countries gathering for the UN climate conference in Egypt are expected to lock horns over whether rich nations should pay compensation to vulnerable states hit by climate-fuelled disasters.

Lawmakers should boost much-needed green fuel production by inserting obligatory targets for biofuels derived from agricultural and forestry waste into the EU’s upcoming green jet fuel law, the biofuels industry has told the European Commission.

Major CO2 emitters and large economies like China, India and Russia not yet confirming their attendance at this year’s COP27 is regrettable, Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera told EFE in an interview.

World leaders meeting Monday for climate talks in Egypt are under pressure to deepen cuts in emissions and financially back developing countries already devastated by the effects of rising temperatures.

— It is important that we advance the global process on wetlands conservation, redouble efforts to preserve authenticity and integrity, include more important wetlands in nature reserves, improve cooperation mechanisms and platforms, and increase the coverage of wetlands of international importance.

The provisional State of the Global Climate report was released on the verge of the UN climate negotiations in Sharm-El-Sheikh (COP27).

Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Sunday with an agreement to discuss compensating poor nations for mounting damage linked to global warming, placing the controversial topic on the agenda for the first time since climate talks began decades ago.

Russia is ready to continue supplies of food and fertilizers to the poorest countries, especially in Africa, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Ruslan Edelgeriyev.