Analysis-Egypt eyes diplomatic payoff from hosting COP27 climate summit

Participants visit the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre where the COP27 climate summit will take place, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 5, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

CAIRO (Reuters) - When Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit this week it will be hoping for an injection of international legitimacy as well as green financing at a time when its economy has been struggling and it has faced rising criticism over human rights.

The United Nations climate talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh starting on Sunday will put the global media spotlight on Egypt in a way the country last saw during its 2011 "Arab Spring" uprising.