The Latest Breaking News from Cop27

COP27 kicks off in Egypt: Everything you need to know

Participants face a sobering reality.

Axios · Nov 6, 2022

Sunak writes to family of jailed Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who fear he could die in Egypt before COP27 summit ends

The family are calling for the Prime Minister to urgently secure ‘proof of life’ as Mr Abd El-Fattah’s 200-day hunger strike continues

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2022

Greta Thunberg isn’t alone in rejecting the UN climate conference, but we still have to be there

Thunberg thinks the summit is about ‘greenwashing, lying and cheating’, but it could force the Albanese government to back rhetoric with new pledges

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2022

Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist’s life - OLD

The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of Egypt's leading rights activist on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.

WEKU · Nov 6, 2022

Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks

Contentious opening to UN climate conference as delegates struggle to reach agreement on discussion of loss and damage

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Rishi Sunak to raise issue of jailed writer Alaa Abd El-Fattah in Egypt at Cop27

Hunger striker’s sister welcomes news but says he may die before end of summit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN

Report at Cop27 shows the world is now deep into the climate emergency, with the 1.5C heating limit ‘barely within reach’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Britain arrives at Cop27 in disarray over the climate – and the world’s leaders know it

After Johnson’s weak energy plan and Truss’s scepticism, we have Rishi Sunak, who didn’t even want to attend, says freelance journalist Lucy Sherriff

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

COP27: Which countries will push to end fossil fuel production? And which won't?

Fossil fuels have provided a crucial source of energy over the past 200 years. But they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, enable massive environmental destruction and support many brutal regimes.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2022