‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022
Factbox-Countries and rival interests at the COP27 climate talks Each of the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has its own concerns and interests, which makes reaching consensus a daunting challenge. Reuters · Nov 8, 2022
COP27: three reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate change has caused in the most vulnerable parts of the world is finally on the agenda for discussion at a global climate change summit, more than 30 years after the idea was first articulated by delegates from small island developing… The Conversation · Nov 7, 2022
Climate talks must wrench attention from competing crises This year's U.N. climate conference must wrench global leaders' attention back to global warming as multiple crises, including a looming global recession and war in Europe, vie for attention, former U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa told Reuters. Reuters · Nov 7, 2022
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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022
IPCC, methane and carbon offsetting: Cop27 jargon buster World leaders meeting for UN climate talks in Egypt are under pressure to take action. Here are some commonly used terms and what they mean The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022
Phony Environmentalism Comes to Sports Qatar’s World Cup is the latest—and most high-profile—example of greenwashing to hit the industry. Sports Illustrated · Nov 1, 2022
No 10 alarm as Boris Johnson plans to attend Cop27 climate summit Ex-PM’s Cop27 visit is seen as snub to Sunak as Labour attacks government’s policy failures on environmental crisis The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2022
Earth’s on track to warm above 2C despite climate action Government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions aren’t enough to avoid catastrophic global warming, with the planet on track to heat up between 2.1 and 2.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial times, according to a new report from the United Nations Framework Convention on… Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022
What it will take to avert a global climate catastrophe The Global Stocktake of 2023 is a major opportunity for emerging economies and least developed countries to call richer countries to account. The Hindu · Oct 3, 2022
India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution to combat climate change The updated NDC is a step towards India’s goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2070. The Hindu · Sep 9, 2022
Egyptian NGOs complain of being shut out of Cop27 climate summit Civil society groups say covert screening process excluded government’s critics The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022
Manchin's small step a big leap for mankind On a celebratory night in late 2016, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower were lit up in green to remind the world to implement the Paris climate agreement. Yet in recent years, climate legislation in the United States has been stuck at a red light, most recently because… Bangkok Post · Aug 2, 2022
UN urged to move Cop27 from Egypt over ‘LGBTQ+ torture’ US adviser to the White House and partner call on UN to move climate change summit over fears they would be targeted The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022 UN climate talks end in stalemate and ‘hypocrisy’ allegation Adviser says European nations are sourcing fossil fuels abroad but failing to help developing countries
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022 Thirty years of climate summits: where have they got us? Highlights and lowlights of Cop since Rio 1992, when countries set up a system to tackle climate crisis
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022 For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses Yes, these are troubling times, but it is vital for national leaders to cooperate and take action now in tackling climate change, say three former UN climate chiefs
ABC News · May 15, 2022 Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a greater reduction in emissions than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. Is that correct? Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a reduction in emissions of 20 per cent on 2005 levels, which he says is greater than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 13, 2022 Egyptian Officials Hold Meetings in Europe, Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Issues Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, president-designate of COP27, co-chaired a ministerial meeting on climate pledges hosted by Copenhagen on Thursday. Britain’s Minister of State at the Cabinet Office Alok Sharma, President of COP26, and Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jorgensen also chaired the meeting. It was attended…
ABC News · Apr 5, 2022 Scott Morrison says Australia's emissions record is better than the US, NZ, Canada, Japan and many European countries. Is that correct? Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia has reduced emissions by around 20 per cent, and that this is a better record than the US, NZ, Canada, Japan and many European countries. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022 Here's how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis Plastic pollution is a global problem, contaminating terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than five millimetres in size — infiltrate and circulate in the global planetary dust cycle, water cycle and carbon cycle.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 14, 2022 Egyptian FM in Germany to Drum up Support for COP27 Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed Sunday to the German city of Bonn, where he will seek to drum up international support for the upcoming Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) to be held in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh in November. Shoukry will visit the headquarters of the…