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COP27 Kicks off with Deal to Discuss Climate Compensation

Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the UN 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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Foreign Office ‘setting up PM to fail’ at Cop27 over writer jailed in Egypt

Sanaa Seif, the sister of political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has spoken about a letter Rishi Sunak sent to their family.

The Independent UK

Fears mount that Cop27 app could be used by Egypt to surveil regime’s critics

Cybersecurity experts warn that official Cop27 climate app requires access to a user’s location, photos and even emails

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COP27 to formally discuss climate compensation for poorer nations

COP27 delegates agreed on Sunday to discuss whether rich countries should compensate poorer nations most vulnerable to climate change at the United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Reuters

COP27 climate talks start in Egypt, as delegates arrive from around the world

Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change.

WEKU

World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks

Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change

The Independent UK

‘The response blew us away’: mass relay takes baton from Glasgow to Cop27

Olympians, presidents and thousands of kids join Running Out of Time to carry climate plea from school pupils

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COP27: Sunak to tell world leaders there must be no ‘backsliding’ on climate change

The PM heads to the global climate summit in Egypt pledging to make the UK a ‘clean energy superpower’

Evening Standard

Analysis-Egypt eyes diplomatic payoff from hosting COP27 climate summit

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.

Reuters

COP27 kicks off with deal to discuss climate compensation

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.

Reuters

COP27 in Egypt: Reason for hope or doomed to disappoint?

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…

France 24

COP27 Summit to Kick off in Egypt

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:…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Explainer-COP27: What is 'Loss and Damage' compensation, and who should pay?

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.

Reuters

Cop27: Bristol areas that 'will be underwater' by 2050

The Cop27 climate summit begins in Egypt today

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Daily Record

Glasgow city council boss spends £7,000 on four-day Cop27 climate change trip

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.

Reuters

Explainer-What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Contacts to Support Global Efforts for Addressing Climate Challenges

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…

The Independent UK

COP27: Host resort town gives Egypt tight grip over protests

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

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Auction of Omar Sharif’s Memorabilia Raises Questions about Ownership

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…

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who at Cop27: the leaders who hold the world’s future in their hands

A look at who will – and who may not – be at the Sharm el-Sheikh climate summit this month

The Guardian - UK

IPCC, methane and carbon offsetting: Cop27 jargon buster

World leaders meeting for UN climate talks in Egypt are under pressure to take action. Here are some commonly used terms and what they mean

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak tells Cop27 reception at Buckingham Palace: climate change will ravage our planet

Guests at royal reception include Stella McCartney and John Kerry

France 24

EU should commit to 65% emissions cut at COP27, head of European NGO coalition says

As world powers prepare to begin crucial climate talks at the COP27 summit in Egypt, we speak to Chiara Martinelli, director of the Climate Action Network Europe, which describes itself as Europe's leading NGO coalition fighting dangerous climate change. Martinelli says the EU should, in Sharm-el-Sheikh, agree to upgrade its…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Over 120 Leaders to Attend Climate Talks, Says Egypt

More than 120 world leaders will attend this year's UN climate talks and requests by environmental activists to stage a rally during the event would be responded to “positively,” host Egypt said Friday. Veteran diplomat Wael Aboulmagd, who heads the Egyptian delegation, told reporters that his country had been working…

The Independent UK

Over 120 leaders at climate talks, Egypt positive on protest

Egyptian officials say more than 120 world leaders will attend this year’s U_N_ climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh and requests by environmental activists to stage a rally during the event will be responded to “positively."

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