Israel, Palestinians pledge moves to curb violence ahead of Ramadan
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed on Sunday to establish a mechanism to curb violence and incitement, in talks that stressed the need to prevent any disruptive actions at Jerusalem’s holy sites when Ramadan starts later this week. In a joint statement following talks in Egypt attended by US, Egyptian and Jordanian officials, […]
Explainer – Who will pay for climate ‘loss and damage’?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters The COP27 summit of nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to set up a “loss and damage” fund to support poorer countries being ravaged by climate impacts, overcoming decades of resistance from wealthy nations whose historic emissions have fuelled climate change. Pakistan’s climate minister Sherry Rehman, who was part of the […]
COP27 deal delivers landmark on ‘loss and damage’, but little else
Updated 6pm (AEST)Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters – but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them. After tense negotiations that ran through the night, the […]
Essay: Once again, wealthy nations are letting down poor nations at the Egypt climate talks
In an article first published on The Conversation, JACQUELINE PEEL, director of Melbourne Climate Future at The University of Melbourne, looks why the COP27 climate change negotiations in Egypt are unlikely to deliver any concrete action on “loss and damage”…
Postcards: Children from Global South make their presence felt at climate summit
GLORIA DICKIE and MAI SHAMSELDIN, of Reuters, report from COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh…
COP27 negotiators still far apart on strong climate deal
Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptReuters Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline. The outcome of the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh is a test of world resolve to tackle global warming […]
Analysis – In final week of COP27 climate talks, success hinges on ‘loss and damage’
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters This year’s COP27 climate summit in Egypt headed into its final week on Monday with nearly 200 countries racing to strike a deal to steer the world towards cutting planet-warming emissions and scale up finance for countries being ravaged by climate impacts. Some negotiators and observers warn that failure to agree […]
Show us the money: Developing world at COP27 seeks financing details
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters Finance took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, with UN experts publishing a list of projects worth $US120 billion that investors could back to help poorer countries cut emissions and adapt to the impacts of global warming. A $US3 billion water transfer project between Lesotho and Botswana and […]
COP27: Polluters must pay for climate change, poor nations tell rich
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters Leaders from poor countries criticised wealthy governments and oil companies for driving global warming, using their speeches on Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to demand that they pay up for damages being inflicted on their economies. Small island states already buffeted by increasingly violent ocean storms and sea-level […]
Countries band together to keep forest promise
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters More than 25 countries at the COP27 climate talks on Monday launched a group they said would ensure they hold each other accountable for a pledge to end deforestation by 2030 and announced billions of dollars to finance their efforts. The first meeting of the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership, chaired […]