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France, Britain say Ukraine war can not excuse backsliding on climate pledges

Day two of the Cop27 conference in Egypt gets underway Tuesday on the back of UN warnings that climate change has put the world on a “highway to hell”, and appeals from Britain and France to ensure the Ukraine war is not used to stymie efforts to rein in global…

Radio France Internationale

How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels

In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be underwater. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan – and the rest of the world is watching

The Guardian - UK

What is 'loss and damage' and how is Scotland leading the way at COP27?

The issue of “loss and damage” is finally on the agenda at this round of negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, but what does it mean?

The National (Scotland)

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N. Korea slams US for raising alleged arms supply to Russia

North Korea accused the United States of cooking up a “plot-breeding story” on its alleged arms transfer to Russia

The Independent UK

Developing countries ‘will need $2tn a year in climate funding by 2030’

Report co-written by Nicholas Stern says figure required to switch away from fossil fuels and cope with extreme weather impacts

The Guardian - UK

Climate talks convene with US and world falling short of goals

For the first time since 1995, when the U.N. started holding its annual climate summits, the United States brought something big to the talks that began Sunday: a series of new laws that could take a big whack at its greenhouse gas emissions. But even that — and the steps…

Tribune News Service

COP27 climate summit: Food takes centre stage at talks in Egypt

The COP27 UN climate summit began on Monday in the Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the hope of averting the worst impacts of climate change. World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries have gathered to discuss the future of the planet. Food resources for the African…

France 24

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Alaa-Abdel Fattah: Sunak ‘stresses UK’s deep concern’ to Egypt’s al-Sisi over jailed British activist

Sister of long-detained water striker has ‘pinned her hopes’ on new prime minister securing his release

The Independent UK

Here's what happened today at the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

A new early warning system for weather disasters, calls for wealthy nations and corporations to pay up and dire descriptions of human suffering. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

WEKU

Hun Sen juggles global, regional politics

Who could have imagined that the world's longest reigning prime minister, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen -- or Prime Minister Hun Sen as he is more commonly known -- would stand in the front row defending Ukraine against Russia as the biggest war in Europe since World…

Bangkok Post

Taoiseach and Tánaiste says country will regroup amid tech job layoffs due at Meta and Twitter

Mr Martin was speaking after two major tech employers in Ireland, Twitter and Stripe last week announced hundreds of imminent job losses

Irish Mirror

Morning Mail: World on ‘highway to climate hell’, sports rorts verdict, ‘buy now, pay later’ debt fears

In today’s newsletter: Cop27 climate summit begins with dire warnings; Coalition damned by secret Gaetjens report; and cyclist aims to cross Anarctica

The Guardian - AU

Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27

Reparations to poor countries suffering the impacts of climate change and calls to drastically slash greenhouse emissions are two of the biggest storylines the first day of the U.N. climate summit, known as COP27

The Independent UK

Putin’s war on Ukraine is reason to ‘act faster’ on climate, Sunak urges

Climate security goes hand in hand with energy security, PM tells UN COP27 summit

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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell

Editorial: Britain had said its aim was to ‘keep 1.5C alive’. The prime minister seems to want it dead

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak blasted for 'tepid' COP27 speech as world on 'highway to climate hell'

The new Prime Minister flew into Egypt for just one day after being forced into an embarrassing U-turn over his decision not to attend the key climate summit

The Guardian - UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: family await news on day two of prison water strike

British-Egyptian activist and figurehead of 2011 uprising now refusing water after six-month hunger strike

Radio France Internationale

Hopes that 'early warning system' can save climate-vulnerable within five years

Every person on earth is to be protected from extreme and dangerous weather under a United Nations action plan for “early warning systems” to be implemented within the next five years.

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The Guardian - UK

The source material for a classic thriller

Letters: A Very British Coup | Loyalty points for charity | Glamorising smoking | Legilium legitimised | António Guterres’s cardigan

The Guardian - UK

Barbados PM launches blistering attack on rich nations at Cop27 climate talks

Mia Mottley warns of a billion refugees by the middle of the century unless governments act now to tackle crisis

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Highway to climate hell

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday, November 7, 2022.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak vows: ‘I will grip this challenge of illegal migration’

Rishi Sunak has vowed to “grip this challenge of illegal migration” by working with European nations as he faced pressure to sign a new deal with France to curb Channel crossings. The Prime Minister said there was “lots” to talk about when he met Emmanuel Macron for the first time…

The Conversation

Climate change: carbon offsetting isn't working – here's how to fix it

The environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions will be the same irrespective of where the emissions take place. Carbon emitted in one part of the world can be cancelled out if the same amount is removed elsewhere.

Reuters

Reeling from floods, Pakistan seeks climate compensation, debt relief

Pakistan's prime minister said his country would need debt relief and would seek compensation for climate damage as it recovers from catastrophic floods that cost the country some $30 billion.

The Conversation

COP27: three reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate change has caused in the most vulnerable parts of the world is finally on the agenda for discussion at a global climate change summit, more than 30 years after the idea was first articulated by delegates from small island developing…

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