Photos: Mohamed bin Zayed and world leaders at COP27 in Egypt

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan delivers a speech at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt. Sheikh Mohamed’s address came during the opening session of the Leaders’ Summit at COP27, in the presence of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of Egypt and other world leaders, heads of state, and invited dignitaries.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and United Nations's climate change executive secretary Simon Stiell shake hands as participating world leaders stand for a commemorative group picture ahead of their summit at the COP27 climate conference, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm Al Sheikh, on November 7, 2022. The two-week UN climate summit was opened on Monday, with a call by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi for world leaders to show flexibility in their actions to save the planet from rising temperatures. Sheikh Mohamed highlighted UAE's ongoing efforts to reduce gas emissions in the energy sector.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the sidelines of COP27 climate conference at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, visits the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at COP27 climate conference in the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center.

Mohamed bin Zayed meets with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, on the sidelines of COP27 climate conference at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center.

World leaders and experts from around the globe have descended on the Egyptian resort of Sharm Al Sheikh for the annual United Nations climate change summit. This year marks the 27th gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — or COP27 for short. Above, France's President Emmanuel Macron meets with young Africans on the sideline of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm Al Sheikh.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, addressed the conference, calling for a new pact between rich and poor countries to work closer together, with financial help and phasing out of coal in rich nations by 2030 and elsewhere by 2040.

U.S Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry reads a document during a meeting at the COP27 summit. More than 100 world leaders are expected to speak over the next few days to try deal with a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge.

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Saudi Adel Al-Jubeir, Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and other leaders pose for a family photo during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt.

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, speaks to Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, during the Cop27 summit, in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.

Al Gore, chairman of Generation Investment Management LLP, speaks during a plenary session at the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre in Sharm Al Sheikh.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, of Zimbabwe, left, greets President Alar Karis, of Estonia, right, with President Mokgweetsi Masisi, of Botswana, center, at a session at the Africa Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt.

Participants visit the UAE pavilion during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm Al Sheikh International Convention Centre. UAE will host COP28 in 2023 at Expo City Dubai.

Delegates attend a plenary session at the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt.

Participants walk outside of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre before the COP27 climate summit opening in Sharm Al Sheikh.

A participant walks past an artwork in the Green Zone during the COP27 climate summit at the Sharm Al Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort.

Participants attend the leaders summit of the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm Al Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city.