21/10/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 21 October, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez indicated that Spain and Nigeria will launch an initiative on the resistance of territories to drought at the UN climate conference COP27 (6-18 November in Sharm el Sheikh). It is important for the EU to go to COP27 with “its homework done”, namely with an interinstitutional agreement on the ‘Fit for 55’ package, he said after the European Council meeting. In draft conclusions to be adopted ahead of the UN conference, the Czech Presidency suggests that the EU Council is ready to update the contributions of the EU and its Member States as soon as an agreement has been finalised on the ‘Fit for 55’ package (see EUROPE 13043/30). (MB)