The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this November. With the increasing severity and frequency of weather-related disasters worldwide, COP27 is shaping up to be an important event. Global energy policy expert and veteran COP attendee David Sandalow shares his thoughts on which pressing issues will be at the forefront of the COP27 and what role the US and Japan are expected to play at the conference.