Rishi Sunak going to Cop27 summit in climate U-turn PM only going ‘after being embarrassed by Boris Johnson’, say opposition parties The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022
Rishi Sunak news – live: PM admits ‘not enough’ asylum seeker claims processed The prime minister U-turned on his decision to skip Cop27 The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022
Rishi Sunak will now attend Cop27 climate summit after saying he would stay in UK He had said he would be staying at home to focus on domestic issues Wales Online · Nov 2, 2022
Rishi Sunak WILL attend COP27 climate summit in major U-turn The Prime Minister buckled to Tory pressure and said he would attend the summit - just hours after his rival Boris Johnson confirmed he would go to the talks in Egypt Daily Mirror · Nov 2, 2022
Editorial: 5 reasons for frustration — and hope — as the world prepares for another UN climate summit World leaders are meeting in Egypt next week for this year’s United Nations climate summit. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is planning to skip COP27, calling it little more than an occasion for greenwashing. She’s right to be frustrated with the state of the global response to this crisis. Los Angeles Times · Nov 2, 2022
Developing countries want compensation for climate damages Loss and damage — sometimes referred to as "climate reparations" — is aimed at helping the hardest-hit countries. Axios · Nov 2, 2022
COP27: Nobel Prize winners demand Egypt free political prisoners Nobel Literature laureates urge world leaders to pressure Cairo to free dissidents ahead of the COP27 summit. Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2022
After the flood: inside the 4 November Guardian Weekly Cop27’s climate prospects. Plus: Can the Democrats rescue the US midterms? The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022
Protesters to march on Scottish Parliament as COP27 leaders gather in Egypt ECO-PROTESTERS are set to renew their calls to end the use of fossil fuels as they march on the Scottish Parliament later this month. The National (Scotland) · Nov 2, 2022
Egyptian regime criticized as climate activist arrested in run-up to Cop27 Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis The Guardian - US · Nov 2, 2022
‘Dead or free’: Alaa Abd el-Fattah escalates hunger strike The jailed British-Egyptian activist will stop drinking water on Sunday as world leaders gather at COP27. Al Jazeera · Nov 1, 2022
Egypt detains Indian activist on climate march ahead of COP27 Ajit Rajagopal was detained together with a lawyer as he walked to COP27 holding a ‘March For Our Planet’ banner. Al Jazeera · Nov 1, 2022
Brazil's Lula to attend COP27 climate change summit Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will participate in this month's COP27 United Nations climate summit in Egypt, the head of his political party said on Tuesday. Reuters · Nov 1, 2022
Boris Johnson WILL attend COP27 climate summit - heaping pressure on Rishi Sunak The former Prime Minister's comments come after Mr Sunak faced intense criticism for the decision not to attend the climate gathering in Egypt Daily Mirror · Nov 1, 2022
Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022 I’m sick of people who only care about climate change for the cameras Greta Thunberg has described climate summits like COP27 — taking place in Egypt next week — as a “scam”. As an activist, I see her point. These massive conferences achieve nothing unless those who go actually commit to financing the changes that we need.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022 UK criticised for failing to pay $300m in promised climate funds ahead of Cop27 Missed deadline for money pledged to assist developing countries sends ‘strong negative signal’ ahead of Egypt summit, say experts
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022 ‘Superb move’: King Charles praised for planning own COP27 reception amid Rishi Sunak criticism ‘This is the best trolling of 2022’
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022 Alaa-Abdel Fattah: Briton jailed in Egypt ‘could die’ during Cop27 as he goes on water strike The software developer is one of Egypt’s most high-profile political prisoners and is already on hunger strike
Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022 Talking Point: Is Cop27 a cop-out? There has been speculation that Rishi Sunak may have backtracked on his plans to snub COP27
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022 Leaders’ apathy towards climate crisis is proving deadly Letters: Muhammad Abubakar Pirzada on the existential threat that the global south faces, George Pitt on the need to reset emissions targets, and Terry Walsh on why Cop27 will be futile
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022 Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister Before Cop27, Lee White also says broken promises on funding leave sense of betrayal
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022 Rishi Sunak badly misread the national mood, and now a Cop27 U-turn is looming The prime minister may have little impact in Sharm el-Sheikh, but skipping it would do political damage much closer to home, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022 ‘Superb move’: King Charles praised for planning own COP27 reception amid Rishi Sunak criticism ‘This is the best trolling of 2022’
Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022 Greta Thunberg will not attend ‘greenwashing’ COP27 climate summit in Egypt The 19-year-old activist said such summits are an opportunity for ‘greenwashing’ by people in power
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022 No 10 confirms Sunak could U-turn on Cop27 snub Downing Street says the position on Rishi Sunak’s attendance at the Egypt summit is being kept ‘under review’.