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Lack of funding in focus as Congo hosts pre-COP27 climate talks

High-level speakers at climate talks in Kinshasa called out rich nations on Monday for failing to honour a $100 billion per year funding pledge to developing countries, warning that fair finance was needed to avert the worst of the climate crisis.

Reuters

Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda

Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero

The Guardian - UK

Calls for more funding as pre-COP27 climate talks open in DR Congo

Kinshasa (AFP) - Warning "no-one will escape" a worsening crisis, DR Congo led calls on Monday for a surge in funding to brake global heating and fight its impacts at the start of pre-COP27 climate talks in Kinshasa.

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King’s COP27 climate summit speech mysteriously cancelled

The King will no longer be attending COP27 – likely under the advice of the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

The New Daily

Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks

Activists from global south demand recompense for damage from countries most responsible for crisis

The Guardian - UK

African climate summit in DRC to keep the pressure on rich nations

Environment ministers from 50 countries will gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday for a "pre-Cop27" climate summit, with rich nations likely to come under pressure to raise spending to combat climate change.

Radio France Internationale

King ‘ordered’ to skip climate summit by British PM

King Charles will not attend an international COP27 climate change summit due to be held in Egypt next month.

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King Charles has ‘other priorities’ than climate now, says environment minister

Mark Spencer says Prince William should attend Cop27 after Truss reportedly advised monarch not to attend

The Guardian - UK

King Charles III won't attend COP27 after Truss reportedly 'objected'

London (AFP) - King Charles III will not travel to next month's United Nations climate summit in Egypt, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Sunday, after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss reportedly "objected" to the keen environmentalist attending.

AFP

King not attending COP27 in Egypt - reports

King Charles III has delivered a number of keynote speeches at the conference previously

Evening Standard

Liz Truss ‘advised King Charles to not give speech at upcoming climate summit’

Buckingham Palace have confirmed that the King will not attend Cop27

The Independent UK

King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’

Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham Palace

The Guardian - UK

Ambitious Scotland-to-Egypt relay kicks off at Glasgow school ahead of COP27

Running Out of Time kicked off at a Glasgow primary school on Friday morning to mark the lead-up to COP27.

The National (Scotland)

Egypt Working to Prioritize 'Loss and Damage' at COP27

Egypt, which is hosting the upcoming COP27 climate negotiations, is working on how to include compensation for economic losses due to climate catastrophes on the formal agenda of the November summit, the country's special representative of the summit said on Wednesday. Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt's special representative of COP27, told reporters…

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Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine

Organisers call on nations to carry on crucial climate negotiations despite differences on geopolitical issues

Reuters

Global climate change protests demand compensation ahead of COP27

Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday, staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage global warming is inflicting upon the poor.

Axios

The coming fight over climate change "loss and damage" at the next climate summit

This fraught topic may take center stage at COP27 in Egypt.

The Hindu

Loss and damage will be major topic at upcoming COP27, says Bhupender Yadav

According to the World Resources Institute, "loss and damage" is a term used in UN climate negotiations to refer to the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Cairo, Washington Agree to Launch Initiative to Adapt to Clime Changes

Egypt and the United States agreed on the importance of adapting to climate changes, especially in developing countries and the African continent. This came during a meeting between US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad on the sidelines of the 18th session of…

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during Cop27

Groups urge action during the talks in Egypt to demand climate justice for Africa and the global south

Asharq Al-Awsat

UAE Prepares to Host COP28 with Effective Solutions to Climate Change

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan stressed on Tuesday that his country would lead an ambitious, inclusive and solutions-oriented approach in the 2023 global climate summit. Sheikh Abdullah, who is also the Chairman of the Higher Committee overseeing preparations to host the 28th session of…

Al Jazeera

Egypt accused of thwarting environmental groups ahead of COP2

Human Rights Watch says the government has imposed obstacles ahead of the key climate conference.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Targets $30 Bln Revenues from Tourism Sector

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has asked the private sector and investors to develop a detailed executive plan for the state to increase tourism revenues to $30 billion. Ahead of the 27th meeting of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27),…

The Guardian - UK

British-Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah says he may die in prison

Jailed activist-blogger may escalate six-month hunger strike as supporters say UK is failing to pressure its Cop27 partner

Reuters

African nations push for more climate finance ahead of COP

African ministers meeting in Cairo two months ahead of the COP27 climate summit called on Friday for a sharp expansion of climate financing for their continent while pushing back against an abrupt move away from fossil fuels.

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