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Climate talks must wrench attention from competing crises

This year's U.N. climate conference must wrench global leaders' attention back to global warming as multiple crises, including a looming global recession and war in Europe, vie for attention, former U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa told Reuters.

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Climate crisis here now, COP27 warned

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres told the COP27 gathering the world is not acting fast enough on climate targets

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson declares himself 'spirit of Glasgow' during COP27 speech

The former Prime Minister, who resigned earlier this year following a number of scandals, is in the north African country to urge world leaders to build on the success of COP26

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Macron urges US, China to pay their fair share for climate change

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the United States, China and other non-European rich nations to pay their fair share to help poorer countries deal with climate change.

Radio France Internationale

Everything you need to know about Cop27

What is it, what will be discussed, and what's happened since last year?

Liverpool Echo

UN Chief at Climate Summit: Humanity Must Cooperate or Perish

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe. The speech was intended to set an urgent tone as governments sit down…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival

World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to…

Reuters

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Climate justice at COP27: ‘Richer countries cannot turn their backs on this’

The UN's annual climate change conference grows more urgent every year. With just over 1.1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels, the world is already seeing devastating consequences. As COP27 opens in Egypt, we discuss the stakes at this year's summit with Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment…

France 24

UK was 'in danger' of breaking law at Manston migrants centre, says ex-Home Secretary

Grant Shapps said he had received 'very clear' advice that the Government was close to breaking the law over its processing of asylum seekers and the Manston facility risked 'tipping into becoming an unofficial detention centre'

Daily Mirror

FAQ: What's at stake at the COP27 global climate negotiations

World leaders are meeting in Egypt for the next two weeks to talk about reining in climate change and paying for its deadly effects. Here's what you need to know.

WEKU

Window to avoid dangerous climate change closing, expert tells new Tipping Point podcast

Tipping Point a Reach PLC podcast explores the two alternative futures facing the planet. Listen wherever you get your podcasts

Irish Mirror

Loss and damage issue keeps us Cop27 negotiators wrangling late into the night

Developing countries hope to make progress on this problem because we are already suffering the effects

The Guardian - UK

COP27... A Climate Summit with an Economic Spirit

The economy appears to be at the heart of problems and solutions to the world’s climate crisis as the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference got underway in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday. As the world rushed towards industrialization at the onset of the 20th century, it drove unwanted gases into…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Billionaires should not make up climate finance gaps, says Bezos Earth Fund head

Rich countries ‘not living up to obligations’, says Andrew Steer, in charge of $10bn environmental fund

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COP27 Attendees Anticipate Saudi Plan for Saving Earth

Attendees of the UN’s climate change summit (COP27), underway at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, are patiently awaiting the activities of Saudi-led green initiatives that aim to deliver a green future and scale up regional climate action through cooperation. In its second edition, the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) Summit will convene…

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to use Cop27 to raise migrant crisis with French President

Ahead of the conference, the PM said the issue of small boats crossing the Channel was his ‘key priority’.

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The dramatic, agonising, crucial talks that will decide Cop27’s success

In today’s newsletter: For the next two weeks, ministers, negotiators from countries large and small will gather in Egypt. Can they get anything done?

The Independent UK

World leaders gather to talk climate, but don't expect much

More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge, yet observers don’t expect much from it, maybe not even a lot of attention

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: US and UK fall billions short of ‘fair share’ of climate funding

Exclusive: Support for developing countries will be critical issue at Cop27 but new data shows rich countries are lagging

The Guardian - UK

What is Cop27 and why does it matter?

World leaders, climate groups and activists are meeting in Egypt to thrash out plans on how to safeguard the future of the planet

The Guardian - UK

Money talks: why climate finance at Cop27 is key to beating global heating

Funding urgently needed to cope with climate disasters – and to prevent distrust crashing UN negotiations

Bangkok Post

World population at 8 billion humans, and still growing

NEW YORK: The United Nations estimates that the global human population will reach eight billion by mid-November, and will continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace and with regional disparities, in the decades to come.

The National (Scotland)

Billionaires responsible for TEN TIMES the carbon emissions of Scotland, Oxfam says

BILLIONAIRES are responsible for one million times more greenhouse gas emissions than the average person, new research from Oxfam has found.

The National (Scotland)

What impact will the election defeat of Jair Bolsonaro have on Brazil?

IT’S been a week since Brazil announced that its former president Luiz a Lula da Silva won the election over his rival Jair Bolsonaro. Da Silva…

Tribune News Service

Parades, pep rallies and pleading: Georgia candidates make final push for votes

As a group of Democratic volunteers gathered around her, the party’s nominee for attorney general had a plain message to supporters worried about the polls tilting in the GOP direction.

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