Egypt rights activists in COP27 spotlight worry about day after
Sharm el Sheikh – The UN climate summit in Egypt has afforded local rights defenders rare visibility, but some... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Nine countries join alliance to boost offshore wind power
Sharm el Sheikh – Nine countries including Britain, Germany, the United States and Japan joined an international alliance on... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Pressure mounts on Egypt to release hunger-striking dissident
Sharm el Sheikh – International pressure mounted on Tuesday for the “immediate release” of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah,... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
At COP27, US says election won’t disrupt climate plan
Sharm el Sheikh – The United States sought to reassure the UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday that... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Colombia, Venezuela launch COP27 call to save Amazon
Sharm el Sheikh – The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro, launched a call on... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
China says committed to climate fight at UN summit
Sharm el Sheikh – China’s top climate envoy told a UN summit on Tuesday his country would not retreat... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelensky tells COP27 Russia’s war harms climate efforts
Sharm el Sheikh – A fast-heating world “cannot afford a single gunshot”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Island nations call for oil tax, anti-fossil fuel treaty at UN summit
Sharm el Sheikh – Small island nations led calls at the UN climate summit Tuesday to tax oil companies’... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
World ‘burning up faster’ than it can recover, says Pakistan PM
Sharm el Sheikh – Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with its devastating impacts,... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
‘Toxic cover-up’: UN draws red line around net zero greenwashing
Sharm el Sheikh – The UN’s chief called Tuesday for an end to a “toxic cover-up” by companies as... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
