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Paying for the loss and damage due to the changing climate
2 years, 1 month ago

Paying for the loss and damage due to the changing climate

The Hindu  

After a fortnight of difficult negotiations at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change — or COP27 — at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the participating nations agreed to set up a new fund to help developing countries address loss and damage from the severe effects of a changing climate. The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan …

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Swedish cyclist pedals to Egypt to raise climate awareness
2 years, 1 month ago

Swedish cyclist pedals to Egypt to raise climate awareness

The Hindu  

She has pedalled thousands of miles from Sweden to Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to deliver a simple message: Stop climate change. Here mission is to raise awareness and urge world leaders gathered at the annual U.N. climate conference known as COP27 to take concrete steps to stop climate change, she said. “They really have to stop climate …

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Is Cop27 greenwashing on an international scale?
2 years, 1 month ago

Is Cop27 greenwashing on an international scale?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UK Government committed to implementing the International Standard for Event Sustainability Management Systems, which requires event organisers to …

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Clock ticking for jailed Egypt activist on hunger strike
2 years, 1 month ago

Clock ticking for jailed Egypt activist on hunger strike

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The family of one of Egypt’s top jailed pro-democracy activists warn that the clock is ticking on his life as they plead with world leaders at the U.N. climate conference to press Egypt for his release. At the Sharm el-Sheikh gathering, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz raised …

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Egypt's resorts, beaches reels from Ukrainian and Russian exodus
2 years, 6 months ago

Egypt's resorts, beaches reels from Ukrainian and Russian exodus

Hindustan Times  

On Sharm el-Sheikh's sandy beaches many of the sun loungers lie empty. Egypt's resorts, beaches reels from Ukrainian and Russian exodus The resort on the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is reeling from the impact of the war in Ukraine, which has seen Ukrainians and Russians - previously among the town's top visitors - virtually disappear, tourism sector workers …

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