The Latest Breaking News from Cop27

Meeting follows reports King Charles decided not to attend Cop27 following advice from prime minister

“A bunch of countries and corporations are responsible for the mess. They have to bloody clean it up"

Brian Eno, Ahdaf Soueif and Miriam Margolyes sign open letter about exhibition opening shortly before Cop27

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad stressed that protecting migratory birds and biodiversity is one of the global and regional environmental challenges that Egypt is keen to address during the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27). She made her remarks at the opening of the regional conference organized…

Observers say cabinet rows and PM’s comments so far could undermine global consensus forged at Glasgow

With just one month to go, the climate summit is already set to be the most controversial yet

Ministers rebuke ‘shameful’ failure to meet promises of funding to help poorer countries cope with climate crisis ahead of UN Cop27 summit

Editorial: Richer countries must do far more to help emerging nations cope with the destruction already wreaked by global heating

In a crucial meeting for tackling the climate crisis, almost 200 countries will come together in Egypt at the start of November for a “Conference of the Parties”, or COP27.

Some 90 heads of state have been confirmed for next month’s UN climate conference, with host country Egypt sending a warning shot to Britain – from whom it will inherit the Cop27 presidency – not to backtrack on its commitments to fight global warming.

The 27th climate-change conference hosted by the United Nations will take place this November