Pressure on Xi Jinping to wean off China’s coal habit

10 Nov 2022

Given that the world's fight against climate change depends primarily on the greatest emitter giving up its coal addiction, President Xi Jinping's absence from the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (CoP27) threatens the climate negotiations. The leader of the World’s most populous country did not attend the summit, the...

Climate finance at market rate will put financial pressure: Developing countries

10 Nov 2022

India has stated on behalf of developing countries that climate finance at market rates will put further financial pressure on these countries. “Going ahead, if ambitious climate targets have to be achieved, these need to be backed by intentions reflected by ambitious, appropriate, and reasonable access to financial resources by...

Ahead of climate summit cop27, Germany slams Egypt on human right violation

06 Nov 2022

As Egypt gets ready to host world leaders for the carefully watched COP27 climate conference, Berlin accused Egypt on Sunday of failing to uphold its duties in the area of human rights. Luise Amtsberg, the human rights commissioner for the German government, pleaded with the summit's host nation Egypt to...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to attend COP27 climate summit

02 Nov 2022

After his office previously stated that the new prime minister was anticipated to skip the annual climate meeting, Britain's Rishi Sunak confirmed on Wednesday that he will attend COP27 in Egypt next week. "There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing...