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World leaders gather for climate talks under cloud of crises

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - World leaders gathered Monday for climate talks in Egypt facing pressure to deepen cuts in emissions and financially back developing countries already devastated by the effects of rising temperatures.

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COP27: Financing for climate damages gets a foot in the door

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - UN climate negotiations on Sunday offered a sliver of hope and "solidarity" for developing countries battered by increasingly costly impacts of global warming, in agreeing to discuss the thorny issue of money for "loss and damage".

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UN summit warns against climate backsliding, hopeful on financing

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters.

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Climate change is speeding up, warns major UN report

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any year prior to 2015, the UN said Sunday, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of global warming.

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UN climate summit opens with warning against 'backsliding'

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COP27 summit opens as world races against climate clock

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt after a year of extreme weather disasters that have fuelled calls for wealthy industrialised nations to compensate poorer countries.

AFP

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.

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COP27 summit racing against the climate clock

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - 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.

AFP

Riyadh Sends Six Ministers, Climate Envoy to SGI Forum in Sharm El-Sheikh

Saudi Arabia has revealed the program and speakers for the second edition of the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum. Taking place 11 – 12 November 2022 on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the two-day event will convene an elite lineup of climate experts and thought leaders to…

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP goes to Egypt: who’s on the guest list, where will they stay and could this be the most divisive summit yet?

The annual climate conference will be held in the gated beach resort of Sharm El Sheikh from Monday. Katie Strick has a guide to what’s in store

Evening Standard

Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying

With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 climate talks in Egypt that he firmly intends to reach without flying.

Reuters

Scots holidaymakers caught up in Egypt terror ‘blast’ caused by dodgy air con

Alistair and Jennifer Fields were with their four kids at the pool area at a Sharm El Sheikh resort when they heard the huge explosion.

Daily Record

Liz Truss 'blocks' King Charles from appearing at COP27 climate conference

World leaders are set to descend on Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November for the annual gathering of nations to discuss the global environment.

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Egypt Urges Increase in Int'l Funds to Tackle Climate Change

Egypt requested on Thursday an increase in finances from developed countries to address climate change in countries that currently suffer from fires, high temperature and floods. Egypt is hosting the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh in November. Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad…

Wales Online

Wizz Air to launch nine new routes including winter flights to Egypt and Morocco

The services will take off from London Gatwick and Luton as the low-cost carrier rebounds from challenges posed by the pandemic

Daily Record

Young boy dies and dad fighting for life after case of food poisoning at popular holiday spot

The boy, aged six, who was on holiday with his dad Antonio Mirabile and pregnant mum Rosalia Manosperti, tragically died after catching a nasty case of food poisoning in the popular Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt.

Daily Mirror

Boy dies and dad fighting for life after food poisoning at Brit holiday hotspot

The six-year-old boy, who was on holiday with his dad Antonio Mirabile, 46, and pregnant mum Rosalia Manosperti, died after catching a nasty case of food poisoning in the popular beach resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt

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Family 'locked in Italian airport pen' overnight without food or water

Aaron Clemlow and his family's fortnight away in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt ended with them hungry and thirsty, stuck in a locked section of Milan Airport after their easyJet flight was diverted at the last minute

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Commonwealth heads expected to endorse climate charter

Leaders of the Commonwealth's 54 nations are expected to call for increased momentum on climate action at a meeting in Rwanda this week, ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt later this year

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cairo Looks Forward to High-Level US Participation in COP27

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, received on Thursday a phone call from the United States Special Climate Envoy, John Kerry. Shoukry told Kerry his country is looking forward to high-level US participation in the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022,…

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