Here are the top COP27 and Climate stories compiled from major international English-language news outlets.
Announcements
- COP27 puts climate compensation on agenda for first time (South China Morning Post)
“Delegates at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed after late-night talks to put the delicate issue of whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change on the formal agenda for the first time.”
“The scheduled 10am start was delayed by hours and delegates worried that the contentious opening might indicate a fractious conference to come. ‘This is going to be a difficult Cop,’ one negotiator told the Guardian.”
- PM to attend COP27 (Dawn)
“[Pakistan] Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be visiting Egypt to participate in the Sharm El-Sheikh COP27 Summit on Nov 7 and 8.”
Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks
Contentious opening to UN climate conference as delegates struggle to reach agreement on discussion of loss and damage
What’s at stake
- Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN (The Guardian)
- Ahead of COP27, young African climate activists speak out (AP News)
- COP27 Summit Begins as Economy, Ukraine War Overshadow Climate Concerns (The Wall Street Journal)
- Super-rich’s carbon investment emissions ‘equivalent to whole of France’ (The Guardian)
- Australia announces bid to co-host UN Climate Change Conference in 2026 (Business Standard)
- Fears mount that COP27 app could be used by Egypt to surveil regime’s critics (The Guardian)
- 5 tensions that could derail the climate conference (Politico)
UN says half the world unprepared for disasters
Even as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early warning systems needed to save lives, the United Nations has warned.
Other Stories
Loss & damage funding makes it to COP27 agenda for the first time ever
Countries agree to 20-point agenda ahead of climate negotiations in Egypt
Cop conferences are a big game of let’s pretend and 27 won’t be any different
The climate summits do serve a purpose even while avoiding facing up to some awkward realities
Climate protesters on bikes stop private planes from taking off ahead of Cop27 summit
Dewi Zloch of Greenpeace Netherlands said the activists want ‘fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights and private jets’
Brazil’s Lula hopes to unite rainforest nations, tap funding at COP27
Alliance of countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and Democratic Republic of Congo can put pressure on richer countries to boost efforts to stop deforestation, analysts say.
Cop conferences are a big game of let’s pretend and 27 won’t be any different
The climate summits do serve a purpose even while avoiding facing up to some awkward realities
Sunak Spends on African Climate Projects Before Heading to COP27
The UK will invest in Egyptian and Kenyan clean energy projects and fund rainforest protection in the Congo basin as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged British support for countries on the front-line of climate change.
