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When Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit this week it will be hoping for an injection of international legitimacy as well as green financing at a time when its economy has been struggling and it has faced rising criticism over human rights.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Sunday with an agreement to discuss compensating poor nations for mounting damage linked to global warming, placing the controversial topic on the agenda for the first time since climate talks began decades ago.

Activists have criticised previous UN climate talks calling them slow, complex and ineffective. As countries across the world fail to meet climate commitments to keep global temperatures below a fateful 2 degrees Celsius, can this year’s COP27 in Egypt rise above the failures of the past — or is it…

The COP27 summit kicks off Sunday in Egypt with nearly 200 countries struggling to outpace increasingly dire climate impacts in a world upended by war and economic turmoil. Just in the last few months, a cascade of climate-addled weather disasters has killed thousands, displaced millions and caused billions in damages:…

Nearly 200 countries gathering for the U.N. climate conference in Egypt are expected to lock horns over whether rich nations should pay compensation to vulnerable states hit by climate-fuelled disasters.

The Cop27 climate summit begins in Egypt today

Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken will lead a team which is heading out to Egypt for the event after millions of pounds in budget cuts were announced in the city.

At the COP27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the U.N. climate science agency to inform their decisions about future energy plans and warming trajectories.

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has affirmed the need for enhancing international cooperation in energy fields and industry innovations to serve global trends in the field of sustainability and preservation of the planet. Prince Abdulaziz has been meeting with ministers from all over the world to discuss the…

Egypt is touting its efforts to make Sharm el-Sheikh a more eco-friendly tourist destination as this year’s United Nations climate summit approaches

A French auction site announced it’s selling some of the late star Omar Sharif’s memorabilia, which raised question marks about the ownership of these pieces, and how did the site acquire them. “The late star didn’t have an apartment or house outside Egypt where he could leave his memorabilia. He…