Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit (right) speaks during a closing plenary session at the UN Climate Summit, Nov 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETER DEJONG / AP) Fossil fuel producers benefited from sympathetic treatment in Egypt at the COP27 climate talks, government officials said, bringing their influence to bear in rushed […]
The flags of United Nations member states (left to right) Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Latvia, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kiribati, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, India, and others fly in alphabetical order during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea […]
The flags of United Nations member states (L to R) Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Latvia, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kiribati, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, India, and others fly in alphabetical order during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea […]
Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 18, 2022. (MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Negotiators were poised to make a final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on […]
Participants arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov17, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The first draft of a deal being hashed out at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt would keep a target […]
EU climate chief Frans Timmermans speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit on Nov 15, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETER DEJONG / AP) SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – The European Union plans to update its emissions-cutting target under the Paris climate accord, the EU climate policy chief told the COP27 summit on Tuesday, with […]
A participant walks at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, during the COP27 climate conference, on Nov 14, 2022. (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Government ministers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries on Tuesday began the hard slog of finding common ground […]
A picture shows the entrance of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort of the same name, on Nov 7, 2022, during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP27. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – This year's COP27 climate summit in Egypt […]
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 Nov 9, 2022. (EMILIE MADI / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – One week into this year's UN climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting […]
A Somali woman and children carry water at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia on Sept 20, 2022. (JEROME DELAY / FILE / AP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Issack Hassan lives in a migrant camp in Baidoa city in Somalia – one of more than a million people displaced since […]
Demonstrators shout slogans on Nov 10, 2022 during a protest outside the venue hosting the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) An initiative led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates to help agriculture adapt […]
Demonstrators shout slogans on Nov 9, 2022 during a protest outside the venue hosting the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Civil society groups and youth activists at the UN COP27 summit held […]
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 Nov 9, 2022. (EMILIE MADI / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT – Finance took center stage at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, with UN […]
Senegal's President Macky Sall walks away after a speech at the leaders summit of the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov 8, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Leaders from poor countries criticized wealthy governments and […]