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Lula's COP27 visit seen as restoring Brazil's climate credibility

The election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Brazil's next president is already boosting the country's credibility at this year's U.N. climate negotiations, with the left-wing leader to participate in COP27 in Egypt on Wednesday.

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Czech Republic considering bid to host COP29 climate summit

The Czech Republic is considering throwing its hat in the ring to host the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit in 2024, which would put it in contention with a handful of other countries for the massive international conference, its deputy environment minister told Reuters on Monday.

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Anxiety grows over risk to 1.5C: what happened on day seven at Cop27

Indigenous women from the Amazon held a press conference and developing countries criticised the G7’s loss and damage strategy

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Why COP27 should be the last of these pointless corporate love-ins

It’s a glorious afternoon at a luxury resort in Egypt, with six swimming pools leading to a lovely little stretch of beach on the Red Sea. A salsa aquatic class in one of the pools has several enthusiastic participants. Elsewhere, guests are lounging on deck chairs sipping ice cold cocktails.…

The Conversation

Cop27 is full of politicians and policymakers – but the global south doesn’t work that way

How can we deal with environmental destruction without listening to those who know it best, asks social activist Ndileka Mandela

The Guardian - UK

‘This could be the Cop where we lose 1.5C,’ warns Alok Sharma – as it happened

As negotiations develop, some countries pushed to weaken the goal of keeping a global temperature increase to 1.5C

The Guardian - UK

Climate campaigners march through Newcastle on COP27 Global Day of Action

Demonstrators met at Newcastle's Grey's Monument to take part in a rally organised by North East Climate Justice Coalition

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A thirsty COP27 climate summit plagued by glitches

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Wheelchair struggles, scarce drinking water, $15 sandwiches and hotel price-gouging at the COP27 climate summit have sparked anger and forced host country Egypt into damage-control mode, participants at the two-week meet said.

AFP

Some countries have resisted 1.5°C goal in COP27 text, US says

A few countries have resisted mentioning a global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the official text of the COP27 summit in Egypt, U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the conference on Saturday.

Reuters

Shifting geopolitical sands, dull economy, but will Cop27 skip real tasks for rhetoric again?

The 27th session of the UN conference of parties on climate change mitigation in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm-el-Sheikh intersects a time when the high table of global diplomacy grapples with the Ukraine war and the energy supply constraints in its wake. Even if it chastens the ambitious tone…

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Joe Biden's $100 million climate pledge is just a 'drop in the ocean' for global crisis

US President Joe Biden announced $100million for climate adaptation and an Inflation Reduction Act at COP27 with new regulations to cut methane by 30% by 2030

Daily Mirror

Irish Minister Colm Brophy takes swipe at Joe Biden at COP27 after 'horrendous' experience in Africa

He made the comment after recalling a ‘horrendous’ experience when he met a mother whose baby was dying as a result of climate change in the Horn of Africa six weeks ago

Irish Mirror

Cop27 must pave the way for ‘a Paris moment’ for nature, says UN

Outcome of climate summit is crucial to ensuring strong targets at Cop15 in December, warns biodiversity head

The Guardian - UK

Finance a COP sticking point

The third day of the COP summit in Egypt saw signs of movement on climate finance and the resurrection of a controversy about the views of the World Bank president.

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African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty

African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders of oil and gas companies sidelined at previous talks.

Reuters

COP27: UN food agency plan on farming emissions to launch by next year after investor push

The U.N. food agency aims to launch a plan within the year to make the world's food system more sustainable, a senior executive told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt.

The Independent UK

People with disabilities raise voices at climate talks

A group of climate activists who focus on disability rights have been pushing for several years for inclusion of disability rights in international climate action pledges

The Conversation

Views from COP27: How the climate conference could confront colonialism by centring Indigenous rights

The Huni Kui Indigenous people are an integral part of the Amazon Rainforest. They don’t differentiate between humans and nature. For them, there is only “nature” and humans are part of it.

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At COP27, protesters within U.N. venue demand climate finance

Civil society groups and youth activists at the U.N. COP27 summit held small pop-up rallies Wednesday at designated areas in this Red Sea resort town.

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The fixation on a PM’s COP-out

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

The Independent UK

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

AFP

Egypt rights activists in COP27 spotlight worry about day after

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN climate summit in Egypt has afforded local rights defenders rare visibility, but some fear a backlash after global attention shifts away from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's regime.

The Conversation

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.

The Conversation

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.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘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…

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