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Some countries have resisted 1.5°C goal in COP27 text, US says

A few countries have resisted mentioning a global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the official text of the COP27 summit in Egypt, U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the conference on Saturday.

Reuters

Shifting geopolitical sands, dull economy, but will Cop27 skip real tasks for rhetoric again?

The 27th session of the UN conference of parties on climate change mitigation in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm-el-Sheikh intersects a time when the high table of global diplomacy grapples with the Ukraine war and the energy supply constraints in its wake. Even if it chastens the ambitious tone…

Newslaundry

Joe Biden's $100 million climate pledge is just a 'drop in the ocean' for global crisis

US President Joe Biden announced $100million for climate adaptation and an Inflation Reduction Act at COP27 with new regulations to cut methane by 30% by 2030

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Irish Minister Colm Brophy takes swipe at Joe Biden at COP27 after 'horrendous' experience in Africa

He made the comment after recalling a ‘horrendous’ experience when he met a mother whose baby was dying as a result of climate change in the Horn of Africa six weeks ago

Irish Mirror

Cop27 must pave the way for ‘a Paris moment’ for nature, says UN

Outcome of climate summit is crucial to ensuring strong targets at Cop15 in December, warns biodiversity head

The Guardian - UK

Finance a COP sticking point

The third day of the COP summit in Egypt saw signs of movement on climate finance and the resurrection of a controversy about the views of the World Bank president.

Newsroom.co.nz

African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty

African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders of oil and gas companies sidelined at previous talks.

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COP27: UN food agency plan on farming emissions to launch by next year after investor push

The U.N. food agency aims to launch a plan within the year to make the world's food system more sustainable, a senior executive told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt.

Reuters

People with disabilities raise voices at climate talks

A group of climate activists who focus on disability rights have been pushing for several years for inclusion of disability rights in international climate action pledges

The Independent UK

Views from COP27: How the climate conference could confront colonialism by centring Indigenous rights

The Huni Kui Indigenous people are an integral part of the Amazon Rainforest. They don’t differentiate between humans and nature. For them, there is only “nature” and humans are part of it.

The Conversation

At COP27, protesters within U.N. venue demand climate finance

Civil society groups and youth activists at the U.N. COP27 summit held small pop-up rallies Wednesday at designated areas in this Red Sea resort town.

Reuters

The fixation on a PM’s COP-out

Should we care Jacinda Ardern has skipped every UN climate summit?

Newsroom.co.nz

US plan to tap businesses for green finance meets resistance

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry unveiled a plan at the COP27 climate summit to make it easier for private corporations to send cash to the developing world in exchange for looking green at home

The Independent UK

Egypt rights activists in COP27 spotlight worry about day after

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN climate summit in Egypt has afforded local rights defenders rare visibility, but some fear a backlash after global attention shifts away from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's regime.

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The Conversation

After decades putting the brakes on global action, does Australia deserve to host UN climate talks with Pacific nations?

As the COP27 climate talks got underway in Egypt this week, climate and energy minister Chris Bowen announced Australia would bid to co-host the annual United Nations climate summit with Pacific island nations in 2026.

The Conversation

COP27: how responsible are industrialised countries for climate change?

The United Nation’s 27th annual climate summit, COP27, opened on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The event, which should pressure governments into ramping up their decarbonisation pledges, will be the first to put the issue of financial compensation for damages suffered by developing countries at the top of the agenda.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Loss, Damage’ Funding…A Climate Breakthrough Threatened by ‘Details’

COP27 President Sameh Shoukry has affirmed the success of negotiations on world countries adopting for the first time a climate agenda item on the most important issue of establishing a “loss and damage” fund. Despite being labeled a breakthrough, the step will usher in complex discussions that will determine progress…

The National (Scotland)

Scotland pledges extra £5m for countries hardest hit by climate change

The FM brought the total commitment from the Scottish Government to tackle loss and damage so far to £7m.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell

Editorial: Britain had said its aim was to ‘keep 1.5C alive’. The prime minister seems to want it dead

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon fires back at Tory critics who attack her attendance at COP27

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit back at critics who claimed she “has no real reason to go” to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.

Fortune

'We are on a highway to climate hell,' UN chief warns

“The clock is ticking,” he told delegates at the COP27 climate conference.

Glasgow Live

Glaswegians react to Boris Johnson declaring himself the ‘spirit of Glasgow’ at COP27

Glasgow locals have taken to social media after former Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed to be the 'spirit of Glasgow' during a speech at this years UN Climate Change Conference.

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland to pledge extra cash for countries hit hard by climate change

During last year’s COP26, Scotland became the first developed nation to pledge finance towards the contentious issue.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson declares himself 'spirit of Glasgow' during COP27 speech

The former Prime Minister, who resigned earlier this year following a number of scandals, is in the north African country to urge world leaders to build on the success of COP26

Liverpool Echo

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