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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told delegates on Monday that the world was on “the avenue to climate hell with our foot on the gas”. Addressing delegates on Monday, the notoriously tight-lipped Mr Guterres said the world was fast approaching tipping points that would make climate chaos “irreversible”. “Climate change is on a different timescale and a different scale,” he said. “It is the defining issue of our time … It is unacceptable, outrageous and self-defeating to put it on the back burner.” Cop27 kicked off in the Egyptian resort town on Sunday, when Britain handed over the police presidency to Egypt. The second day will see world leaders – including French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – address delegates, setting out their priorities for the summit. Cop27 has been called the “Implementation Cluster” because it aims to make progress in turning commitments into action on the ground, as well as strengthening commitments to address the crisis.
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UN chief says world is on ‘climate hell avenue’
Saphora Smith via Cop27 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told delegates on Monday that the world was on “the avenue to climate hell with our foot on the gas”. Addressing delegates on Monday, the notoriously tight-lipped Mr Guterres said the world was fast approaching tipping points that would make climate chaos “irreversible”. He told delegates that the war in Ukraine and other conflicts had caused so much bloodshed and violence and had dramatic effects around the world, but that the world could not accept that our attention was not focused on climate change. “Climate change is on a different timescale and a different scale,” he said. “It is the defining issue of our time … It is unacceptable, outrageous and self-defeating to put it on the back burner.” At Cop27 itself, he said he was calling for a “historic pact” between developed and emerging economies in which all countries would make an “extra” effort to reduce emissions this decade in line with the 1.5 C, in which assistance is provided to emerging economies to transition to renewable energy sources and in which countries agree to end dependence on fossil fuels. As for the contentious issue of loss and damage, he said it could not be swept under the carpet. Vulnerable countries have called for a financing mechanism for nations that have suffered permanent losses and irreparable damage from the climate crisis. “It’s a moral imperative,” he said. “It’s a fundamental issue of international solidarity — and climate justice.” It was announced on Sunday that for the first time in the history of the UN climate summit, loss and damage would be on the agenda. Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 11:39 1667820336
Boris Johnson declares ‘the spirit of Glasgow’ at Cop27
Boris Johnson declares ‘The Spirit Of Glasgow’ at Cop27 Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 11:25 1667819736
Boris Johnson jokes about climate change causing his downfall as Prime Minister
Boris Johnson has joked that rising temperatures due to climate change were a possible reason for his removal from Downing Street this summer. The former prime minister suggested record temperatures of 40C in July helped fuel the Tory rebellion that saw him out of No 10. “The effects of climate change are very real and visible even in the UK,” Mr Johnson told Cop27 in Egypt. “Temperatures in London this July reached 40 degrees Celsius, almost unbearable by British standards.” Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 11:15 1667818716
Sunak made a “big mistake” by saying he won’t be attending Cop27
Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at Rishi Sunak over his initial decision not to attend Cop27 in Egypt, promising a Labor prime minister will work to “bring the leaders together” on climate change.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to Imperial College London, the Labor leader said: “The first difference a Labor government would make is that you would have a prime minister who would want to go into policing because we realize how important it is, because we realize that it’s not just about the climate, it’s also about the cost of living, it’s about energy, it’s about the next generation of jobs. “You would have a prime minister, a Labor prime minister, on the world stage, bringing the leaders together. I think Rishi Sunak made a big mistake in saying in the first place that he will not leave, because he gave the impression that the UK no longer wants to be a frontrunner on the world stage. “I think it’s wrong for our country, it’s wrong globally, and I think it’s wrong for the climate crisis, which we have to deal with.” Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 10:58 1667817651
What’s on the agenda today?
Cop27 kicked off in the Egyptian resort town on Sunday, when Britain handed over the police presidency to Egypt. The second day will see world leaders – including French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – address delegates, setting out their priorities for the summit. Cop27 has been called the “Implementation Cluster” because it aims to make progress in turning commitments into action on the ground, as well as strengthening commitments to address the crisis. Success will depend on goodwill among national delegations and domestic appetite for reform, which has come under pressure since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the United Nations has made it clear that the world must act if it is to avoid climate catastrophe. Ahead of the event, the United Nations warned that instead of being on track to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2030, the world was on track to increase emissions by more than 10 percent. That means there is no “credible” path to reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, he said. Saphora Smith November 7, 2022 10:40 am 1667816316
Boris Johnson hits out at ‘nonsense’ from Tory zero-sum skeptics
Boris Johnson – who claimed to be the “spirit of Glasgow Cop26” – attacked net zero skeptics in the Tory party during an event at the Cop27 summit in Egypt. The former prime minister warned of a “corrosive cynicism” about the economic cost of action to cut carbon emissions. “There are people who have concluded that the whole net zero project needs to be delayed, magnetized and frozen – that we need, for example, to reopen coal-fired power stations and get the hell out of the British countryside. ,” he said. “We really need to confront this nonsense head on,” said the former prime minister, who singled out his old Brexit ally David Frost for particular criticism. Referring to Lord Frost’s description of wind power as “medieval technology”, Mr Johnson said: “I would point out that burning oil is positively palaeolithic.” Adam Forrest November 7, 2022 10:18 am 1667815716
Cop27 kicks off amid heightened security and under hazy skies
Saphora Smith, Louise Boyle and Stuti Mishra from inside Cop27: The second day of Cop27 began in Sharm el-Sheikh amid a high level of security and under cloudy skies. The Egyptian resort is teeming with Cop27 delegates, who can be seen flagging down buses on the side of the road and trying to navigate the maze that is the Tonino Lamborghini Convention Centre. Those whose housing collapsed have been left frantically trying to find other options or facing high rates. John Kerry was seen heading to the delegation stands, while Boris Johnson has already grabbed headlines before British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a chance to speak during the high-level summit scheduled for later on Monday. The political side of the summit will really begin when heads of state and government address delegates, their electorates and the world, starting at 1pm local time (11am UK time). Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 10:08 1667815034
Sunak holds climate talks with Italian Meloni in Egypt
Rishi Sunak met Italy’s new far-right leader Giorgia Meloni at the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. The pair spoke about building and planning while reporters were in the room at the start of the bilateral meeting. The prime minister and Ms Meloni, Italy’s first female prime minister, took office within days of each other last month. Ms Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party leads the country’s first far-right government since World War II. Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 09:57 1667812965
I am the spirit of Glasgow Cop26, says Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson referred to himself as “the spirit of Glasgow 26 Police” as he urged agents in Sharm el-Sheikh to “keep 1.5 alive”. Speaking to The New York Times in Egypt, the former prime minister referred to the Cop27 climate summit as “precious and important” in the face of the “corrosive cynicism against net zero” sparked by Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Mr Johnson appeared to attack Liz Truss as she urged leaders to resist calls to put the fight against climate change “on ice” and “get the hell out of the British countryside” – a controversial shale gas extraction method supported from its short life. successor. He also suggested that the highs of 40C recorded in the UK in the summer may have been the cause of the political unrest that has hit Westminster in recent months. The former prime minister went on to urge delegates to maintain the momentum from Cop26 in Glasgow, which he said had “defied some of the media’s bleakest expectations”, insisting that “now is not the time to abandon net zero”. Emily Atkinson7 November 2022 09:22 1667811000
Cop27: What’s on the agenda today?
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