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Cop27 wifi in Egypt blocks human rights and key news websites

Attendees say they are unable to visit Human Rights Watch and other sites needed during climate talks

The Guardian - UK

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

‘Everyone will be watching’: US midterms cast a long shadow over Cop27

Some fear the outcome of the 8 November elections might derail US leadership on the global climate crisis

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Prospect of British-Egyptian writer’s death in jail ‘terrifying’, says Crown star

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike in prison, eating only 100 daily calories for the past 200 days.

The Independent UK

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 Pledges More than $115 Mln to Developing Economies to Tackle Climate Change

Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly on Monday will announce investments of more than 100 million pounds ($115 million) to support developing countries in their fight against the impact of climate change. "Mr. Cleverly will also argue that long-term prosperity depends on taking action on climate change and ramping up investment…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

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100 years after unearthing King Tut's tomb, archaeologists make new discoveries

Uncovered coffins, papyrus documents and other artifacts have recently been found at the Saqqara site in Giza, Egypt. It coincides with a new accusation that jewelry was stolen from the site.

WEKU

World Leaders Gather to Talk Climate at Sharm el-Sheikh

More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge. Nearly 50 heads of states or governments on Monday will take the stage in the first day of high-level international climate talks in Egypt with more to come in the following days.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

Hunger striker's sister arrives in Egypt to campaign for his release

The sister of an Egyptian-British hunger striker landed in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to campaign for his release from jail as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other world leaders flew in for the COP27 climate summit.

Reuters

COP27: Jailed British-Egyptian activist stops drinking water as part of hunger strike protest

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said fate of Alaa Abd El-Fattah is priority for the British government

Evening Standard

Could a month-long escape to the sun really save you money?

Travel firms are marketing long breaks as a means to leave the cold and cost of living crisis behind. But are they worth it?

The Guardian - UK

Egypt has days to save jailed Brit citizen's life as world leaders decamp to COP27

Rishi Sunak said he would raise Alaa Abdel Fattah's imprisonment with the Egyptian government and reply again by the end of COP27, but human rights organisations and his family say it will be too late then

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Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon defends decision to attend COP27 in Egypt during cost of living crisis

Sky News presenter Kay Burley questioned why Sturgeon and the leader of Glasgow City Council Susan Aitken had jetted out to the north African country for the summit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Establishes Platform for Carbon Certificates Trading

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Holding Company for Capital Markets Development, the Agricultural Bank of Egypt, and Libra Capital Group signed a framework to establish a Carbon Certificates Trading Company. The company will develop, manage, and issue carbon certificates and environmental products. The platform is scheduled to determine the number of…

The Guardian - UK

Cop27 day one: UN chief warns world is ‘on highway to climate hell’ – as it happened

António Guterres warns leaders of catastrophic consequences of failure to act as conference in Egypt opened

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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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

Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month

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

Axios

Security concerns raised over COP27 app as rights abuses cast shadow over climate summit

The U.K. prime minister has pledged to raise the plight of a British-Egyptian writer during COP27.

France 24

Egypt has days to save jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's life, Amnesty chief warns

Amnesty International's head on Sunday warned that the proceedings of COP27 in Egypt could be stained by the death of one of the country's leading rights activists from a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days.

The Independent UK

Sunak ‘very disappointed’ in Matt Hancock for joining I’m A Celebrity

Speaking en route to Cop27 in Egypt, the Prime Minister said he supported the chief whip’s decision to suspend Mr Hancock from the Tory Party.

Tribune News Service

COP27 talks begin with deal to discuss climate reparations

U.N. climate talks began in Egypt Sunday with a deal to discuss how rich countries can help pay for the damages caused by global warming elsewhere.

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