A climate expert says not all UN climate change conferences are created equal.

Delegates from more than 200 countries are meeting in Egypt over the next fortnight to discuss climate action and compare progress.

Victoria University's Adrian Macey says the meeting is unlikely to create any new breakthrough agreements.

He says it probably won't be as influential as the 2015 Paris meeting.

Macey says that meeting produced a robust agreement on emissions.

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