‘Highway to climate hell’: High stakes at COP27

 

Another year, another COP: big headlines, big promises, but is there any real action? Plus, Prigozhin – the Russian propagandist and mercenary magnate, uncovered.

With world leaders gathered in Egypt for the latest UN climate summit, the agenda could not be clearer. Experts say the policies governments put in place at last year’s conference in Scotland will still leave large parts of the planet uninhabitable. The lack of progress has many questioning the COP process.

What are the world's biggest carbon emitters willing to pay?

 

Rising global temperatures have made extreme weather events like floods and wildfires more devastating. Climate disasters are causing billions of dollars in damage and hitting the poorest countries the hardest. But wealthy countries are responsible for the majority of earth-warming carbon emissions.

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egyptian MP confronts sister of jailed activist

 

An Egyptian lawmaker was removed from a press conference at the COP27 climate meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh after defending the detention of British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.

Amr Darwish said Mr Abdel Fattah was "not a political prisoner", as he addressed a panel including the activist's sister, Sanaa Seif.

Alaa Abdel Fattah has been on hunger strike since April and the UN human rights chief has called on Egypt to release him.