COP27 - Sharm El-Sheikh

COP 27 presidency representative Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd has dismissed as ``ludicrous'' Monday reports that Egyptian police have been conducting surveillance of participants at this year's U.N. climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh

For the second year running, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change launched the Climate Champions Youth Fellowship, selecting eight young professionals from a pool of over 1,000 applicants in different fields, such as finance, food and agriculture, communications, resilience, and transport.

A scheme to give speedy financial support to communities battered by climate disasters was launched Monday by a group of rich and developing nations at the UN COP27 summit in Egypt.

11-year-old indigenous Indian climate activist Licypriya Kangujam, one of the youngest climate activists in the world, attended the COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. She sent a message to our world leaders on Day 9 of the climate conference.

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected this week at the UN climate summit in Egypt to pledge to reverse the environmental policies of his right-wing predecessor and protect the Amazon rainforest.

Ahram Online is providing daily live update coverage of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November.

At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, you may notice some people wearing a red flower in the buttonhole of their suit or on their dresses and wonder what the significance of such a symbol is.

As the U.N. climate talks in Egypt near the halfway point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they'll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial result by the end.

Wearing a traditional feathered headdress, Zé Bajaga Apurinã travelled to the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh to deliver a message about the negative effects of climate change on the lives of his people in Brazil.

Jonathan Adashek, IBM VP for marketing and communication, spoke with Ahram Online on the sidelines of the COP27 about the critical role of technology in reducing carbon emissions and empowering green initiatives.

A quartet of protesters briefly interrupted US President Joe Biden's speech at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Friday by howling and trying to unfurl a banner before UN police removed them.

President Joe Biden, speaking Friday at an annual global summit on climate change, said new spending on clean energy initiatives has cemented his country's commitment to fighting global warming.

Ahram Online is providing daily live update coverage of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November.

Ahram Online is providing daily live update coverage of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November.

Egyptian cafes and restaurants have offered participants at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh a 50 percent discount on their entire food menu starting Thursday. Soft drinks and still water will be offered to participants for free. This comes after many participants complained of "insane" prices.

Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he would travel to Egypt to take part in the COP27 global climate summit next week to meet international leaders.

Fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded UN climate talks in Egypt, a report by watchdog groups said Thursday, even as calls grow at the summit for a windfall tax on oil majors' bumper profits.

Last year, climate activists who focus on disability rights scored a major victory at the United Nations climate change conference known as COP. They gained official status as a caucus recognized by the U.N. Secretariat, the conference organizer.

Ahram Online is providing daily live update coverage of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November.

When it comes to helping poor nations cope with climate change, the United States government left its wallet at home. So it hopes its friend, big business, can help pick up the tab.