Having just sat through 5 hours of discussions by all the Heads of Delegations on what the COP27 outcomes ought be, and how these outcomes should be politically signalled to the rest of the world (via what's called Cover Decisions); I can honestly say that I'm no closer to guessing what a "Sharm el-Sheikh declaration" (or whatever formal personality they attribute to it) might look like.
While drafting this update (at 7pm, 17 November 2022) I'm still waiting to observe the first phase of concluding plenaries (commencing at 8p and going through to 10p) which will continue into tomorrow.
Meanwhile Damian Ogden (EA GM, Policy and Advocacy) is representing EA ...