The Latest Breaking News from COP

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…

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.

Missed deadline for money pledged to assist developing countries sends ‘strong negative signal’ ahead of Egypt summit, say experts

There has been speculation that Rishi Sunak may have backtracked on his plans to snub COP27