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The Mancunian Way: Highway to climate hell

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Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak vows: ‘I will grip this challenge of illegal migration’

Rishi Sunak has vowed to “grip this challenge of illegal migration” by working with European nations as he faced pressure to sign a new deal with France to curb Channel crossings. The Prime Minister said there was “lots” to talk about when he met Emmanuel Macron for the first time…

Evening Standard

Climate change: carbon offsetting isn't working – here's how to fix it

The environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions will be the same irrespective of where the emissions take place. Carbon emitted in one part of the world can be cancelled out if the same amount is removed elsewhere.

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Reeling from floods, Pakistan seeks climate compensation, debt relief

Pakistan's prime minister said his country would need debt relief and would seek compensation for climate damage as it recovers from catastrophic floods that cost the country some $30 billion.

Reuters

COP27: three reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate change has caused in the most vulnerable parts of the world is finally on the agenda for discussion at a global climate change summit, more than 30 years after the idea was first articulated by delegates from small island developing…

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia Commits $2.5 Bln to Middle East Green Initiative

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, announced on Monday that Saudi Arabia was committing 2.5 billion dollars to the Middle East Green Initiative for the next ten years. He made the announcement as he co-chaired with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi the Middle East Green Initiative Summit…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK and France in ‘final stages’ of deal to tackle illegal migration, says Downing Street

Rishi Sunak has vowed to ‘grip this challenge of illegal migration’ by working with European nations

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UN: 3 dead, 28 missing after migrant raft sinks off of Yemen

The United Nations says a raft carrying African migrants seeking a better life in the Gulf Arab states sank in waters off of Yemen late last month, leaving three dead and 28 others declared missing, In a statement on Monday, the U.N.'s migration agency says the overcrowded vessel carrying about…

The Independent UK

New statistics provide sobering backdrop for global climate negotiations at COP27

New data provide the most complete and up-to-date look at climate conditions through 2022, depicting a world of worsening impacts.

Axios

How UK-based Associate Events is helping stage Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt

Leicester firm has supported nine UK and global business attending key climate event in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Birmingham Post

Sunak: ‘I will grip this challenge of illegal migration’

The Prime Minister made the vow while at the Cop27 climate change conference.

The Independent UK

We’re on the ‘highway to climate hell’, UN chief warns world leaders

It’s Monday, the trains are stuffed and your feet are wet, so let’s start with some good news: the worst-case scenario has been averted. It was not so long ago climate scientists were warning that Earth – the only known place in the visible universe you can live/watch Matt Hancock…

Evening Standard

Climate talks convene with US and world falling short of goals - Roll Call

The latest U.N. climate talks convened in Egypt as the nations of the world continue to fall short of their greenhouse gas reduction goals.

Roll Call

Drought-stricken work together to fight water woes

Drought-stricken countries, led by Senegal and Spain, announced an alliance Monday to help each other manage water scarcity by sharing technology and expertise.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Sunak meets Macron amid bid to strike new migrant crisis deal

The Prime Minister and French president met face-to-face for the first time at Cop27

Evening Standard

COP27: What is ESG investing and can it help world leaders limit global warming?

Is it hot air or a chance to cool global warming -- Economic and Social Governance divides opinion on stock markets

Evening Standard

Watch: World leaders take a family photograph at Cop27

World leaders gathered in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday for a family photograph at this year’s annual UN climate conference. The moment came at the start of the COP27 summit where experts have warned that the climate crisis has arrived and the world is not acting…

Reuters

Palestinian rights group accuses Israel of 'mafia methods' as U.N. hearings open

A Palestinian human rights group told a U.N. panel on Monday it had been subject to threats and "mafia methods" during a campaign of harassment organised by Israel to silence groups documenting alleged Israeli rights violations.

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Reuters

Germany, Belgium pledge funds to tackle climate 'loss and damage'

Germany and Belgium on Monday joined a small number of wealthy countries to commit funding to help developing nations facing damage and losses caused by climate change, committing 170 million euros and 2.5 million euros respectively.

Reuters

COP27: What are they saying at the climate summit?

World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

The Conversation

Hotel Rwanda: a film that proved to be a double-edged sword for Kigali

Paul Rusesabagina is perhaps one of the world’s best known Rwandans. His actions during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were made famous in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda.

WEKU

The U.N. chief tells the climate summit: Cooperate or perish

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warning that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak extends UK support for saving forests – but will not give more funding

New president of Brazil expected to join initiative at Cop27 covering a third of world’s forests

Evening Standard

The Standard View: In a warming world, every fraction of a degree counts

For a summit meant to secure the future of the world, it boasts only a decent attendance. US President Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron of France and our own Rishi Sunak are all at COP27 in Egypt but leaders from some of the world’s largest emitters of carbon dioxide such as…

The Guardian - UK

World is on ‘highway to climate hell’, UN chief warns at Cop27 summit

António Guterres tells leaders ‘global climate fight will be won or lost in this crucial decade – on our watch’

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