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 The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022
‘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 Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022
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 · Oct 6, 2022
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 Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
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. The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022
'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. Radio France Internationale · Oct 4, 2022
COP27 climate-change conference: When and where is it and what does COP stand for? The 27th climate-change conference hosted by the United Nations will take place this November Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022
Lack of funding in focus as Congo hosts pre-COP27 climate talks High-level speakers at climate talks in Kinshasa called out rich nations on Monday for failing to honour a $100 billion per year funding pledge to developing countries, warning that fair finance was needed to avert the worst of the climate crisis. Reuters · Oct 3, 2022
Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022
King’s COP27 climate summit speech mysteriously cancelled The King will no longer be attending COP27 – likely under the advice of the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Liz Truss. The New Daily · Oct 3, 2022
Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks Activists from global south demand recompense for damage from countries most responsible for crisis The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022
African climate summit in DRC to keep the pressure on rich nations Environment ministers from 50 countries will gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday for a "pre-Cop27" climate summit, with rich nations likely to come under pressure to raise spending to combat climate change. Radio France Internationale · Oct 3, 2022
King ‘ordered’ to skip climate summit by British PM King Charles will not attend an international COP27 climate change summit due to be held in Egypt next month. The New Daily · Oct 2, 2022
King Charles has ‘other priorities’ than climate now, says environment minister Mark Spencer says Prince William should attend Cop27 after Truss reportedly advised monarch not to attend The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2022 King not attending COP27 in Egypt - reports King Charles III has delivered a number of keynote speeches at the conference previously
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022 Liz Truss ‘advised King Charles to not give speech at upcoming climate summit’ Buckingham Palace have confirmed that the King will not attend Cop27
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022 King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’ Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham Palace
The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2022 Ambitious Scotland-to-Egypt relay kicks off at Glasgow school ahead of COP27 Running Out of Time kicked off at a Glasgow primary school on Friday morning to mark the lead-up to COP27.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 29, 2022 Egypt Working to Prioritize 'Loss and Damage' at COP27 Egypt, which is hosting the upcoming COP27 climate negotiations, is working on how to include compensation for economic losses due to climate catastrophes on the formal agenda of the November summit, the country's special representative of the summit said on Wednesday. Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt's special representative of COP27, told reporters…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022 Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine Organisers call on nations to carry on crucial climate negotiations despite differences on geopolitical issues
Reuters · Sep 23, 2022 Global climate change protests demand compensation ahead of COP27 Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday, staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage global warming is inflicting upon the poor.
Axios · Sep 23, 2022 The coming fight over climate change "loss and damage" at the next climate summit This fraught topic may take center stage at COP27 in Egypt.
The Hindu · Sep 20, 2022 Loss and damage will be major topic at upcoming COP27, says Bhupender Yadav According to the World Resources Institute, "loss and damage" is a term used in UN climate negotiations to refer to the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 18, 2022 Cairo, Washington Agree to Launch Initiative to Adapt to Clime Changes Egypt and the United States agreed on the importance of adapting to climate changes, especially in developing countries and the African continent. This came during a meeting between US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad on the sidelines of the 18th session of…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022 Campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during Cop27 Groups urge action during the talks in Egypt to demand climate justice for Africa and the global south