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Protesters at the UN Cop27 summit are demanding climate compensation and an end to fossil fuel use as negotiations to tackle the climate crisis begin in Egypt. Activists in Sharm El Sheikh want rich countries to pay reparations to poorer countries for the effects of climate change caused by the world’s biggest polluters. It comes after the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, who is also president of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), called on Tuesday for all major companies to agree to pay for “losses and damages” in the negotiations. “We all know that India and China … are major polluters and polluters must pay,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. “I don’t think there is a free pass for any country.” Mr Browne also added that all countries should pay “what is fair and just”, saying that developed countries which have historically been responsible for global warming greenhouse gas emissions bear a greater share of responsibility.
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Protests as Finance Day begins
On Finance Day at Cop27, this morning’s protests include representatives of the Asian People’s Movement for Debt and Development. They call for divestment from fossil fuels and hold placards saying that carbon sequestration technology is an “excuse” to continue extracting climate-changing fossil fuels. (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Meanwhile other protest groups have gathered to reinforce calls for so-called “climate fixes”. Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest outside the venue of the Cop27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Center (AFP via Getty Images) “You must pay compensation for this damage,” reads a sign. Harry Cockburn November 9, 2022 10:07 am 1667983546
No ‘Beam me up, Scotty’ climate solution, says Barbados PM
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley warned she was going to say some things you might not like as she warned there is no easy solution to the climate crisis on the opening day of the first children and youth space at Cop27. The country’s first female leader, who was re-elected in a landslide earlier this year, achieved superstar status in the climate movement after her simple speech to world leaders at last year’s Cop26 in Glasgow. He told rich country leaders at the time that their failures were a “death sentence” for small island and developing countries. This year, he is a leading voice calling for better funding from developed countries and the fossil fuel industry to help vulnerable countries with the losses they are suffering due to the effects of the climate crisis. (Louise Boyle) Sam Rkaina November 9, 2022 08:45 1667981202
What is Cop27 and why does it matter?
Led by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry until November 18 – with Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad serving as ministerial coordinator and event envoy – the summit follows last year’s meeting in Glasgow. It once again brings together world leaders, climate organizations and activists to tackle the big questions about safeguarding our planet’s future. But why does it matter and what will it achieve? (Getty Images) Sam Rkaina November 9, 2022 08:06 1667977762
African countries face ‘economic disaster’
African countries face “economic disaster” from climate change, an aid agency has warned as it reveals the scale of the continent’s warming hit. A study published by Christian Aid warns that under current climate policies, which put the world on track for 2.7C of global warming by the end of the century, African countries face an average 20% hit to expected GDP them until 2050. That figure could reach 64% of GDP by 2100, according to the study, launched on finance day at the Cop27 talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, where funding for poor countries hit by climate impacts is basic demand of many nations. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 07:09 1667977362 Among the biggest draws at the Cop27 summit in Egypt is a world leader who does not take office until January. Lula is expected to meet with, among others, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who rushed to congratulate him on his victory. There was a collective sigh of relief among those worried about the climate emergency at the departure of Bolsonaro, under whose watch Brazil’s emissions rose by 12 percent last year alone. Kim Sengupta reports from Sao Paulo. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 07:02 1667976175
Developing countries need $1 trillion a year in climate finance – report
Developing countries must secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and match it with their own funds, a new report says. The report, published ahead of climate change talks at the Cop27 summit in Egypt on Tuesday, said funding is needed to reduce emissions, build resilience, address climate change damage and restore nature and the earth. “The world needs a breakthrough and a new climate finance roadmap that can mobilize the $1 trillion in external financing needed by 2030 for emerging markets and developing countries outside of China,” the report said. , assigned by current and past climate. summit organizers Egypt and Britain. It said the total annual investment requirement of developing countries will reach $2.4 trillion by 2030, with half coming from external financing. The current investment is about $500 million, the report said. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 06:42 1667973588
Stoltenberg says NATO needs to address the security implications of climate change
NATO’s secretary general said the military alliance must address the link between climate change and security. “Climate change is creating conflict, exacerbating conflict,” Jens Stoltenberg told the Cop27 climate summit via video link yesterday. Climate change increases competition for scarce resources and affects military operations, he said, adding that the armed forces must participate in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 05:59 1667972163
Egyptian MP removed from Cop27 for abusing Briton’s jailed sister
An Egyptian lawmaker was ushered out of a press conference about jailed British Egyptian national Alaa-Abdel Fattah when he began robbing her sister. Sanaa Seif, the sister of the prisoner on water strike, was speaking at a Cop27 event when MP Amr Darwish stood up and started shouting at her. Ms Seif was calling for the release of her 40-year-old brother, who campaigners feared had only a few more days to live. She told reporters that she has asked British authorities for proof that her brother is “alive and conscious” but has received no response. The Egyptian MP then questioned why the family described Mr Fattah as a political prisoner and accused his family of bowing to foreign pressure. When Ms. Seif tried to respond, the politician refused to give her the microphone and was accompanied by UN security officials. As he was being taken from the conference, he said, “You are here in Egyptian land, do not touch me.” Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 05:36 1667970739
New Zealand commits $12 million to finance climate damage in developing countries
The New Zealand government announced on Wednesday that it will make $12 million in climate finance available to developing countries. Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaya Mahuta said the country’s decision to earmark the amount for damage and loss funds puts New Zealand at the forefront of rich countries. “International negotiations have faced difficulties in the past on calls for climate finance to address loss and damage, as some countries are concerned about what liability and compensation means,” Ms Mahuta said. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 05:12 1667968811
Greta Thunberg urges Egyptian authorities to release Briton
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined campaigners calling for the release of British-Egyptian writer Alaa-Abdel Fattah, who is being held illegally in a prison in Egypt. The pro-democracy activist stopped drinking water in protest. “During Cop27, we urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those detained simply for the peaceful exercise of their human rights, applying criteria set by local NGOs for these releases: justice, transparency, inclusiveness and urgency Ms. Thunberg tweeted. yesterday. “One of these prisoners is Alaa-Abdel Fattah, who is now on a water strike since the beginning of Cop27. “A system that does not meet the needs for climate justice and safeguarding human rights is a system that has failed everyone,” he added. “The human rights and climate movements are stronger when we stand in solidarity together.” Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 9 November 2022 04:40
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Protesters at the UN Cop27 summit are demanding climate compensation and an end to fossil fuel use as negotiations to tackle the climate crisis begin in Egypt. Activists in Sharm El Sheikh want rich countries to pay reparations to poorer countries for the effects of climate change caused by the world’s biggest polluters. It comes after the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, who is also president of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), called on Tuesday for all major companies to agree to pay for “losses and damages” in the negotiations. “We all know that India and China … are major polluters and polluters must pay,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. “I don’t think there is a free pass for any country.” Mr Browne also added that all countries should pay “what is fair and just”, saying that developed countries which have historically been responsible for global warming greenhouse gas emissions bear a greater share of responsibility.
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Oil and gas emissions ‘up to three times higher than companies claim’
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Global emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases from oil and natural gas are up to three times higher than the companies that produce them claim, according to detailed new research. The project, released amid the Cop27 UN climate summit, is the most comprehensive and specific global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to date, detailing emissions data for 72,612 individual sources worldwide. It reveals the massive scale at which greenhouse gas emissions are rising, as well as the massive level of emissions from polluting industries, which are undermining efforts to combat the deepening climate crisis. Harry Cockburn November 9, 2022 11:46 am 1667992998
Sturgeon urged to scrap Roseban oilfield
The First Minister attended the first days of the climate summit in Egypt (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA File) Scotland’s First Minister has been accused of failing to answer a climate campaigner’s question about controversial proposals for a new North Sea oil field. Wiktoria Jedroszkowiak – a Fridays for Future Eastern Europe campaigner – approached Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday, who asked about her stance on Rosebank Field. Rosebank – proposed west of Shetland by Norwegian state-controlled Equinor – could be twice the size of the controversial Cambo development, which was halted after public outcry, including from the First Minister. The Scottish Government does not have the power to refuse the necessary licenses to develop oil fields, but Ms Sturgeon has previously entered into debates around the issue, including the Cambo standoff last year. Mr Sturgeon was approached by Ms Jedroszkowiak while at the Cop27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh. In a video of the interaction posted on social media, the activist said: “My friends from Scotland, they are very concerned about the Rosebank oil field and I want to ask if you have an opinion on it?” Mrs Sturgeon replied: “I must go now.” Ms Jedroszkowiak pressed: “It was very important when you said no to Campos last year.” The Prime Minister said: “My view on this is really clear, we need to move away from fossil fuels, we need to do it in a fair way. Harry Cockburn November 9, 2022 11:23 am 1667991280
UN ‘should set net zero target for plastics by 2040’
A UK panel of experts advising the United Nations, the G20 and the World Bank has called for a target of zero new plastic pollution by 2040. Professor Steve Fletcher, director of the Global Plastics Policy Center at the University of Portsmouth, has called on the UN to make the “bold pledge” in the upcoming Global Treaty to end plastic pollution. The call comes as leaders discuss plastic pollution and its role in climate change at the Cop27 summit in Egypt. The team from the University of Hampshire has advised the United Nations Environment Programme, the G20 and the World Bank on plastics policy, including the potential structure and content of a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution. Writing in the journal Nature Reviews Earth And Environment, Professor Fletcher said: “The treaty target must be ambitious and meaningful, we call on the United Nations to aim for a minimum target of 0% new plastic pollution by 2040. “To achieve this, policy makers, businesses, researchers and wider society need to go beyond existing best available technology and practice and be radical in their thinking to develop a coordinated global strategy to tackle plastic pollution ». Harry Cockburn November 9, 2022 10:54 am 1667990018
“We are not in a climate crisis,” says former Brexit secretary David Frost
Former Brexit minister Lord Frost has thrown his support behind Liz Truss as she urged Kemi Badenoch to drop out of the Tory leadership contest so there is “unity among free traders” (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA File) Former Brexit Secretary David Frost has joined a controversial think tank that denies global warming is a problem, declaring: “We are not in a climate emergency.” But Lord Frost, a key Tory figure, said the agency provided an “objective view” of climate change, as he also suggested the drive for net zero was unattainable. Harry Cockburn November 9, 2022 10:33 am 1667988439
Protests as Finance Day begins
On Finance Day at Cop27, this morning’s protests include representatives of the Asian People’s Movement for Debt and Development. They call for divestment from fossil fuels and hold placards saying that carbon sequestration technology is an “excuse” to continue extracting climate-changing fossil fuels. (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Meanwhile other protest groups have gathered to reinforce calls for so-called “climate fixes”. Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest outside the venue of the Cop27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Center (AFP via Getty Images) “You must pay compensation for this damage,” reads a sign. Harry Cockburn November 9, 2022 10:07 am 1667983546
No ‘Beam me up, Scotty’ climate solution, says Barbados PM
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley warned she was going to say some things you might not like as she warned there is no easy solution to the climate crisis on the opening day of the first children and youth space at Cop27. The country’s first female leader, who was re-elected in a landslide earlier this year, achieved superstar status in the climate movement after her simple speech to world leaders at last year’s Cop26 in Glasgow. He told rich country leaders at the time that their failures were a “death sentence” for small island and developing countries. This year, he is a leading voice calling for better funding from developed countries and the fossil fuel industry to help vulnerable countries with the losses they are suffering due to the effects of the climate crisis. (Louise Boyle) Sam Rkaina November 9, 2022 08:45 1667981202
What is Cop27 and why does it matter?
Led by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry until November 18 – with Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad serving as ministerial coordinator and event envoy – the summit follows last year’s meeting in Glasgow. It once again brings together world leaders, climate organizations and activists to tackle the big questions about safeguarding our planet’s future. But why does it matter and what will it achieve? (Getty Images) Sam Rkaina November 9, 2022 08:06 1667977762
African countries face ‘economic disaster’
African countries face “economic disaster” from climate change, an aid agency has warned as it reveals the scale of the continent’s warming hit. A study published by Christian Aid warns that under current climate policies, which put the world on track for 2.7C of global warming by the end of the century, African countries face an average 20% hit to expected GDP them until 2050. That figure could reach 64% of GDP by 2100, according to the study, launched on finance day at the Cop27 talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, where funding for poor countries hit by climate impacts is basic demand of many nations. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 07:09 1667977362 Among the biggest draws at the Cop27 summit in Egypt is a world leader who does not take office until January. Lula is expected to meet with, among others, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who rushed to congratulate him on his victory. There was a collective sigh of relief among those worried about the climate emergency at the departure of Bolsonaro, under whose watch Brazil’s emissions rose by 12 percent last year alone. Kim Sengupta reports from Sao Paulo. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar November 9, 2022 07:02 1667976175
Developing countries need $1 trillion a year in climate finance – report
Developing countries must secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and match it with their own funds, a new report says. The report, released ahead of climate change talks at the Cop27 summit in Egypt on Tuesday,…
