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The Latest Breaking News from Cop27

Rishi Sunak will not attend Cop27 climate summit

Downing Street announcement follows UK prime minister’s promise to prioritise environment

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak to skip crucial Cop27 climate summit in Egypt, No 10 reveals

Liz Truss was set to attend – but new prime minister has ‘other pressing domestic commitments’

The Independent UK

Climate change crisis: Countries including Ireland still not doing enough to keep 1.5C warming goal alive according to new UN report

The 'stark' report comes just two weeks before COP27 with DECC saying "the commitments made remain priority issues for Ireland"

Irish Mirror

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Solving the energy challenge

As Thailand's delegation prepares to travel to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in early November, it is crucial that we reflect on, and learn from, the momentous world events that have disrupted commitments made at the last climate summit in Glasgow less than a year ago.

Bangkok Post

The Guardian view on climate diplomacy: it’s crunch time – again

Editorial: Freezing relations between the US and China threaten this year’s crucial Cop27 summit

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow urged to 'lead the way' on climate change at global COP27 next month

Council leader Susan Aitken will be representing Glasgow at the annual climate summit, which was hosted by Glasgow last year and this year will be held in Egypt.

Glasgow Live

Calls for climate reparations at COP27

Prior to COP27, multiple nations call for high-emitting countries to pay climate reparations

Salon

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COP27's Coke sponsorship leaves bad taste with green groups

Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the flagship U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, sparked an online backlash and highlighted broader concerns about corporate lobbying and influence

The Independent UK

Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of Cop27 in blow to NGOs

Groups say cancellations could restrict debate as host country tightens security for opening days

The Guardian - UK

Egypt COP27 climate summit activists concerned voices will be curtailed

The decision to hold next month's COP27 climate summit in a highly secured tourist resort in Egypt, along with restrictions on access, is curbing civil society's participation in the event, some prominent activists say.

Reuters

Global climate summit is heading for a geopolitical hurricane

The last time world leaders got together for a climate summit, the backdrop was thoroughly menacing. A pandemic had decimated national budgets. Poor countries were up in arms over the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by the same wealthy nations whose fossil fuel consumption did most to warm the planet. Relations…

Tribune News Service

Saudi Crown Prince Announces 2nd Edition of Middle East Green Initiative at COP27

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz announced the second edition of the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) Summit on Nov. 7 and the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum on Nov.

Asharq Al-Awsat

More tension or hope to come from COP27?

Some fear that this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference -- to be held in Egypt on Nov 6-18 -- will be an unintended casualty of the geopolitical tensions and economic challenges the world is facing. I believe the opposite: COP27 represents a unique and timely opportunity for the world…

Bangkok Post

‘At death’s door’: Family of Briton on hunger strike in Egypt urges action ahead of Cop27

‘If the UK does not engage right now the Egyptians authorities will see it as a green light to let him die,’ says sister Alaa Abdel-Fattah

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The Guardian - US

Egypt silenced climate experts’ voices before hosting Cop27, HRW says

Failure to address country’s abuses will obstruct rollout of meaningful climate action, director of Human Rights Watch says

The Independent UK

King Charles mutters ‘dear oh dear’ as he greets Liz Truss for weekly audience

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

Salon

Climate reparations on the COP27 agenda

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

The Guardian - UK

British Museum urged to drop BP sponsor deal for Egypt exhibition

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

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Protecting Biodiversity an Important Environmental Challenge, Says Egypt's Environment Minister

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…

The Guardian - UK

UK risks ending Cop26 presidency in disarray over Truss climate policy

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

Evening Standard

‘Greenwashing’, LGBTQ+ ‘torture’, and human rights abuses: why COP27 is proving controversial

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

The Guardian - UK

African countries urge rich nations to honour $100bn climate finance pledge

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

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Cop27: climate justice must take centre stage

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

The Conversation

Almost 200 nations are set to tackle climate change at COP27 in Egypt. Is this just a talkfest, or does the meeting actually matter?

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.

Radio France Internationale

'Disappointed' Egypt worried UK will renege on climate promises

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.

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