COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges: Participants during the closing ceremony of the UN Climate Summit COP27. Photo by Christophe Gateau/picture alliance. from www,gettyimages.com Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with less than 4% of global emissions. Yet it stands out disproportionately as the most …
COP27 roundup: what went wrong and what happens next: Ja-aljona/Shutterstock COP27, the latest UN climate change summit which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, has been condemned for failing to summon an adequate response to the escalating climate crisis. Negotiators did manage to preserve a commitment made in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming …
Résultats de la COP27 : des progrès en matière de compensation pour les pays en développement, mais il faut aller plus loin en matière de justice climatique et d’équité: Des militants pour le climat ont organisé des manifestations devant l'International Convention Center pour protester contre les effets négatifs du changement climatique. Photo de Mohamed Abdel …
COP27 will be remembered as a failure – here’s what went wrong: Billed as “Africa’s COP”, the 27th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice, as this is the continent most affected but least responsible for the climate crisis. Negotiations for a fund that would …
COP27: how the fossil fuel lobby crowded out calls for climate justice: COP27 has just wrapped up. Despite much excitement over a new fund to address “loss and damage” caused by climate change, there is also anger about perceived backsliding on commitments to lower emissions and phase out fossil fuels. As an academic expert in …
COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’. What’s next for the fight to keep them in the ground?: The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. An agreement by the world’s governments to phase out all fossil fuels would …
COP27 key outcomes: progress on compensation for developing countries, but more needed on climate justice and equity: Climate activists held demonstrations in front of International Convention Center to protest the negative effects of climate change. Photo by Mohamed Abdel Hamid/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images There were high expectations for COP27, the 27th Conference of the …
COP27 roundup: how the world can stick to its carbon budget fairly: How much CO? can humanity emit before we push global temperatures 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average? That was the limit agreed in 2015 which scientists say offers us a reasonable chance of averting climate breakdown. The answer, according to a new assessment of …
COP27: how King Charles has demonstrated his commitment to the environment from afar: Prince Charles delivering a speech at COP26 in Glasgow. Robert Perry/EPA King Charles is a committed environmentalist. Aged 21, he gave a speech to the Countryside Steering Committee for Wales warning against the environmental cost of oil pollution and plastic waste. He …
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 …
COP27 shines light on civil liberties in Egypt, but it’ll take work to achieve real freedom: Activists gather in front of Tel Aviv's Embassy of Egypt to demonstrate in support of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The ability to speak freely in Egypt is currently very constrained. Individuals, …
COP27: how young climate activists are changing international human rights law: There's still time to avert the worst of climate change. Ink Drop/Shutterstock World leaders and climate scientists aren’t the only ones who have gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the latest UN climate summit, COP27. Children and young people are also a big …
COP27: how measuring attitudes to climate change could speed up the global response: Forest fire in Spain, July 2022. Shutterstock/francisco alfonseca Fires and heatwaves in Europe, North America Australia, Asia and the UK brought devastation to many in 2022. But as well as harming lives and land, they may also have destroyed any lingering doubts …
La COP27 expliquée par des experts : de quoi s’agit-il et pourquoi devrais-je m’en soucier ?: COP27 La COP27 est la 27e conférence des parties (pays) qui ont signé la convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques. La convention a été établie lors du Sommet de la Terre de Rio en 1992 et a …
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 …
COP27: five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit: rafapress / shutterstock The world’s leaders are gathering for another global climate meeting, this time in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Expect a bustle of promises and pacts from countries and companies. Expect pressure on states to support people who are most and permanently affected by …
COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever: Lane V. Erickson/Shutterstock The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO? emissions during the past ten years. Despite being the primary culprits of global heating, coal, oil and gas were barely mentioned in the official …
COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images Averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development is a key issue for African countries. Energy production and use is the single biggest contributor to global warming, accounting for roughly two-thirds of human-induced greenhouse gas …