SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AA) – The UN climate summit COP27 kicked off Sunday in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Taking place from Nov. 6-18, more than 40,000 participants have been registered for this year’s summit to discuss ways to lessen the negative impacts of climate change and adapting to its repercussions. […...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Leaders of a divided world meet in Egypt on Monday tasked with taming the terrifying juggernaut of global warming as they face gale-force geopolitical crosswinds, including the war in Ukraine and economic turmoil. Expectations are high from a world justifiably anxious about its climate-addled future as deadly floods, heat w...
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that he will go to Egypt to attend the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 27, reversing his previous decision to skip it. “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change,” Sunak said in a statement posted to Twitter. “There […...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates say the world needs to keep investing in oil production. Just days before the COP27 climate summit aimed at curbing global warming, Sultan Al Jaber, the head of UAE oil giant ADNOC, warned that under-investment could cause a shock to the world economy […]
Diamniadio, Senegal (AFP): Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday hit out at the failings of the UN Security Council and the G20 group of major economies as he listed the problems facing Africa, from climate change and health crises to the impact of war in Ukraine and a spate of […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has announced a state of emergency following the human and material damage caused by massive flooding in the country. Heavy floods in the Central African country are affecting 636 localities in 18 of its 23 regions, or more than a million people, causing tens of thousands [&hel...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): The European Union and Morocco have signed a “green partnership” deal they hope will bolster cooperation on renewable energy. The sun-baked North African country is seeking to offer alternatives for European nations trying to wean themselves off fossil fuels, whose prices have soared following Russia’s i...
Saint-Louis, Senegal (AFP): Senegal says it has no intention of leaving lucrative oil and gas in the ground in the name of fighting climate change as recently discovered oil and gas reserves raise hopes of future riches and industrialization. Senegalese President Macky Sall says it would be “an injustice” and he has launched a dipl...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): About 500 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others have been displaced from their homes since the start of the rainy season. Floods caused by abundant rains and poor infrastructure have affected vast swathes of Africa’s most populous country sparking fears they could worsen...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to express solidarity with Pakistan’s government and people in the wake of recent devastating floods that inundated a third of the country last month, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The “consensus” resolution also backed Islamabad’s &#...
