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A technologically advanced society is choosing to destroy itself. It's both fascinating and horrifying to watch

As world leaders assemble for the United Nations climate change conference (COP27) in Egypt, it’s hard to be optimistic the talks will generate any radical departure from the inexorable rise in global carbon emissions over the past two centuries.

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UN climate conference hoping to make promises reality — but expectations on COP27 are low

Last year, powerful leaders gathered in Glasgow for a UN climate conference that was billed as the "last best chance" to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. At this year's event, things will be more subdued.

ABC News

The Earth's Corr: It's climate crisis crunch time, let's hope leaders at COP27 deliver

Oil and gas are done, it's time world leaders got with the programme

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COP27 kicks off in Egypt: Everything you need to know

Participants face a sobering reality.

Axios

Climate summit desperate and delayed

Newsroom columnist Rod Oram reports from Egypt as the world gathers, again, to wrangle solutions to climate change

Newsroom.co.nz

Greta Thunberg isn’t alone in rejecting the UN climate conference, but we still have to be there

Thunberg thinks the summit is about ‘greenwashing, lying and cheating’, but it could force the Albanese government to back rhetoric with new pledges

The Guardian - AU

Crisis on the Nile: Global warming and overuse threaten Africa’s longest river

Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa. But a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river, and worsening conditions for farmers who fear low harvests and loss of electricity.

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COP27 kicks off in Egypt with a warning to rich countries: no backsliding

The United Nations climate conference, COP27, opened on Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with a stern warning by its executive secretary that he would not be a “custodian of backsliding” on the goal to slash greenhouse emissions 45 percent by 2030.

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Rishi Sunak promises family of Briton on water strike in Egypt jail he will raise case during Cop27

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister concerned the Prime Minister does not just pay “lip service” as she fears sibling could die during summit

The Independent UK

Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist’s life - OLD

The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of Egypt's leading rights activist on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days

The Independent UK

Australia's plan to co-host the 2026 UN climate conference with Pacific nations met with criticism

Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy says co-hosting a climate conference with Pacific nations will allow Australia to send a powerful message after years as "a laggard on climate change".

ABC News

Macron releases social media video asking public to pose questions on climate change

French President Emmanuel Macron released a selfie video on social media platforms Saturday asking the public to send him questions about what France should do about climate change and biodiversity.

France 24

What will Rishi Sunak’s rise to power mean for relations between India and the UK?

Foreign secretary James Cleverly says it is ‘lovely to see’ how much India has welcomed the Sunak premiership – but experts tell Namita Singh it would be wrong of New Delhi to expect too much too fast

The Independent UK

Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.

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The Guardian - UK

Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks

Contentious opening to UN climate conference as delegates struggle to reach agreement on discussion of loss and damage

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sisi: Egypt Wants to See COP27 Lead to Implementation of Pledges

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday he was hoping the UN climate summit, COP27, would lead to a phase in which pledges can be implemented. In a post on his official Facebook page, he hoped that the summit, which kicked off in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, would lead…

The Independent UK

UN weather report: Climate woes bad and getting worse faster

The United Nations' weather agency says the state of Earth's climate is bad and getting worse faster than before, especially with sea level rise accelerating

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN

Report at Cop27 shows the world is now deep into the climate emergency, with the 1.5C heating limit ‘barely within reach’

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The Guardian - UK

Britain arrives at Cop27 in disarray over the climate – and the world’s leaders know it

After Johnson’s weak energy plan and Truss’s scepticism, we have Rishi Sunak, who didn’t even want to attend, says freelance journalist Lucy Sherriff

The Conversation

A Canadian senator aims to end the widespread financial backing of fossil fuels

The United Nations climate change conference, COP27, has begun in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In the lead-up to the conference, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report revealed “a litany of broken climate promises” by governments and corporations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

The Conversation

Climate change will force up to 113m people to relocate within Africa by 2050 - new report

Adapting to a world that is warmer than today is a huge undertaking, even if the most ambitious temperature ceiling is met. Increasing climate risks mean that millions of Africans could be uprooted or trapped where they are due to climate change.

Reuters

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.

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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

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