Egypt accused of stifling green groups ahead of climate summit

This year's monsoon floods in Pakistan that killed more than 1,300 people are on example of how poorer nations are being made to bear the most devastating impacts of climate change. AP - Fareed Khan

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Egyptian government of undermining the work of environmental groups two months before the country hosts the much-anticipated UN global summit Cop27.

Some 200 nations will be at the annual Conference of the Parties in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, along with hundreds of observers and NGOs.