The Paris Agreement requires every country to declare their own nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, for reducing emissions. Last year at COP26 in Glasgow, it became clear that even the updated targets would \u2013 at best \u2013 limit warming to 2.4\xb0C, almost a full degree above the 1.5\xb0 goal. But even more important than goals or promises is how every country turns policy into reality. This year\u2019s COP27, hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt, is being framed as \u201cthe implementation COP,\u201d where the stated goal is to move from negotiations to action. In this special episode, Climate One Host Greg Dalton speaks one-on-one with Egyptian Ambassador and Special Representative of the COP27 President, Wael Aboulmagd, about how Egypt plans to close the gap between promises and implementation.\xa0\n\nGuest:\xa0\nWael Aboulmagd, Egyptian Ambassador, Special Representative of the COP27 President\n\nFor show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices