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Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade behind bars in Egypt.

COP27 is the 27th Conference of the Parties (countries) that signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The convention was established at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and has been ratified by 198 countries. They agreed to stabilise the production of greenhouse gases in order…

XR activists staged a protest outside of JP Morgan's Glasgow office

Anthony Albanese leaves late next week for another round of international diplomacy, starting with the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, followed by the G20 in Indonesia, and APEC in Thailand.

COP27 will feature conferences, talks and discussions between global leaders to flesh out countries' climate commitments.

The search for solutions to climate change is reminiscent of the tragedy of the commons, where neighbours benefit from shared goods, such as an area of pasture or an irrigation pond, but their overexploitation ends up degrading the shared resource. Faced with a situation that harms everyone involved – in…

World leaders and climate experts are gathering for pivotal United Nations climate change talks in Egypt. Known as COP27, the conference will aim to put Earth on a path to net-zero emissions and keep global warming well below 2℃ this century.

World leaders say the meeting of the 197 countries that have agreed to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is key to efforts to fight climate change.

Marvin Rees said he was going to "make the case for cities all over the world" as well as Bristol

The former Prime Minister's comments come after Mr Sunak faced intense criticism for the decision not to attend the climate gathering in Egypt

Greta Thunberg has described climate summits like COP27 — taking place in Egypt next week — as a “scam”. As an activist, I see her point. These massive conferences achieve nothing unless those who go actually commit to financing the changes that we need.