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The fixation on a PM’s COP-out

Should we care Jacinda Ardern has skipped every UN climate summit?

Newsroom.co.nz

US plan to tap businesses for green finance meets resistance

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry unveiled a plan at the COP27 climate summit to make it easier for private corporations to send cash to the developing world in exchange for looking green at home

The Independent UK

After decades putting the brakes on global action, does Australia deserve to host UN climate talks with Pacific nations?

As the COP27 climate talks got underway in Egypt this week, climate and energy minister Chris Bowen announced Australia would bid to co-host the annual United Nations climate summit with Pacific island nations in 2026.

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COP27: how responsible are industrialised countries for climate change?

The United Nation’s 27th annual climate summit, COP27, opened on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The event, which should pressure governments into ramping up their decarbonisation pledges, will be the first to put the issue of financial compensation for damages suffered by developing countries at the top of the agenda.…

The Conversation

‘Loss, Damage’ Funding…A Climate Breakthrough Threatened by ‘Details’

COP27 President Sameh Shoukry has affirmed the success of negotiations on world countries adopting for the first time a climate agenda item on the most important issue of establishing a “loss and damage” fund. Despite being labeled a breakthrough, the step will usher in complex discussions that will determine progress…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scotland pledges extra £5m for countries hardest hit by climate change

The FM brought the total commitment from the Scottish Government to tackle loss and damage so far to £7m.

The National (Scotland)

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell

Editorial: Britain had said its aim was to ‘keep 1.5C alive’. The prime minister seems to want it dead

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Nicola Sturgeon fires back at Tory critics who attack her attendance at COP27

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit back at critics who claimed she “has no real reason to go” to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.

The National (Scotland)

'We are on a highway to climate hell,' UN chief warns

“The clock is ticking,” he told delegates at the COP27 climate conference.

Fortune

Glaswegians react to Boris Johnson declaring himself the ‘spirit of Glasgow’ at COP27

Glasgow locals have taken to social media after former Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed to be the 'spirit of Glasgow' during a speech at this years UN Climate Change Conference.

Glasgow Live

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland to pledge extra cash for countries hit hard by climate change

During last year’s COP26, Scotland became the first developed nation to pledge finance towards the contentious issue.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson declares himself 'spirit of Glasgow' during COP27 speech

The former Prime Minister, who resigned earlier this year following a number of scandals, is in the north African country to urge world leaders to build on the success of COP26

Daily Record

Everything you need to know about Cop27

What is it, what will be discussed, and what's happened since last year?

Liverpool Echo

Loss and damage issue keeps us Cop27 negotiators wrangling late into the night

Developing countries hope to make progress on this problem because we are already suffering the effects

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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.

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

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 Guardian - AU

Government urged to split IR bill to help low-paid people now – as it happened

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Alan Kohler: COP27 – we’ll do it this year, for sure, you just wait

Labor’s first term will be characterised by wrestling with business over wages and climate – a process that will be repeated around the world.

ABC News

UN climate conference hoping to make promises reality — but expectations on COP27 are low

Last year, powerful leaders gathered in Glasgow for a UN climate conference that was billed as the "last best chance" to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. At this year's event, things will be more subdued.

Axios

COP27 kicks off in Egypt: Everything you need to know

Participants face a sobering reality.

The Guardian - AU

Greta Thunberg isn’t alone in rejecting the UN climate conference, but we still have to be there

Thunberg thinks the summit is about ‘greenwashing, lying and cheating’, but it could force the Albanese government to back rhetoric with new pledges

WEKU

Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.

France 24

COP27 in Egypt: Reason for hope or doomed to disappoint?

Activists have criticised previous UN climate talks calling them slow, complex and ineffective. As countries across the world fail to meet climate commitments to keep global temperatures below a fateful 2 degrees Celsius, can this year’s COP27 in Egypt rise above the failures of the past — or is it…

The National (Scotland)

‘This crisis is hugely on our shoulders’: A young activist's fears over climate change

EIGHTEEN-year-old Dylan Hamilton wasn’t even born when the first COP was held and he’s frustrated that progress on stopping climate…

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