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A woman takes a selfie in front of a wall lit with the sign of COP27, as the COP27 climate summit takes place, at the Green Zone in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

COP27 Global CO2 Emissions to Rise Again, Climate Goals At Risk, Scientists Say

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the world to avoid disastrous…

11 November 2022
An electric bus is seen on the street in Oslo, Norway, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo

Countries Set Out 12-mth Plan To Speed Up Industry Emission Cuts

Countries representing more than half of the global economy on Friday specified the steps they will take to help accelerate the low-carbon transition by cutting emissions in sectors including power,…

10 November 2022
A police officer stands in front of the entrance of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre during the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

Show Us the Money: Developing World at COP27 Seeks Financing Details

Finance took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, with U.N. experts publishing a list of projects worth $120 billion that investors could back to help poorer countries cut emissions…

09 November 2022
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan attend the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

COP27: UAE and Egypt Agree To Build One of World's Biggest Wind Farms

The presidents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt witnessed the signing of an agreement on Tuesday to develop one of the world's largest onshore wind projects in Egypt, according to an…

08 November 2022
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses delegates during the COP27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 7, 2022. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS

UK To Announce U.S. Gas Deal After Climate Change Summit -Telegraph

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to announce a major natural gas deal with the United States after the COP27 climate change summit, the Telegraph newspaper reported. Britain hopes the…

08 November 2022
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and others attend the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

COP 27 Developing Countries Need $1 Trillion A Year in Climate Finance -Report

Developing countries need to work with investors, rich countries, and development banks to secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and to match…

08 November 2022
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, center right, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center left, leave after a group photo at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

COP27: UN Chief Tells Climate Summit, Cooperate or Perish

With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,″ the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish,” on avoiding further climate…

AP 07 November 2022
FILE - Environmental activists take part in a protest calling for the government to take immediate action against climate change in Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. 24, 2022. Young climate activists from African nations have high demands but low expectations for the U.N. climate conference which begins Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

Ahead of COP27, Young African Climate Activists Speak Out

Young climate activists from African nations have high demands but low expectations for the U.N. climate conference which begins Sunday in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Observers…

AP 06 November 2022
FILE - Participants at the COP22 climate conference pose in support of climate negotiations and Paris agreement, on the last day of the conference, in Marrakech, Morocco, Nov. 18, 2016. The U.N. climate summit is back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences. Marrakech is the last African city to host the event, that aimed to implement some of the Paris goals. (AP Photo/David Keyton, File)

After Six Years, UN Climate Summit Returns to Africa

The U.N. climate summit is back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences. The 27th annual Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate…

AP 03 November 2022
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

UK PM Rishi Sunak Will Now Attend COP27, Reversing Decision to Skip

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will attend the COP27 summit in Egypt next week, he said on Wednesday, reversing a much-criticised decision to skip the annual climate gathering in order to work on…

02 November 2022
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