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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ruth Michaelson

Egyptian NGOs complain of being shut out of Cop27 climate summit

Egypt's president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, speaking at Cop26 in Glasgow last year
Egypt's president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, speaking at Cop26 in Glasgow last year. His country will host Cop27 in November. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate summit by a covert registration process that filtered out groups critical of the Egyptian government.

Egypt’s foreign, environment and social solidarity ministries privately selected and screened NGOs that would be permitted to apply for one-time registration for Cop27, a separate process from applications for official observer status, which closed last year.

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