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But if you need to take a look at what’s happening right now in Sharm el-Sheikh, we’ll leave it here to provide a slippery overtaking. . .
Opening speeches by world leaders, the President of the Republic of Congo pledges his “firm will and determination” to combat climate change.
Denis Sassou Nguesso said he did so with “the least hesitation,” describing the occasion as “one of the most decisive meetings since the signing of the Paris accords. “
He calls on other leaders to “take tangible action,” warns that “what is at stake is our credibility,” as well as the survival of humanity.
Mr. Sassou Nguesso urges countries to engage in a “decade of reforestation. “
By Victoria Seabrook, Weather Journalist
I can think of a few other times when you slip into a small-looking event and stand next to a recent Colombian ex-host, Ivan Duque, before he gets on the lectern.
And then comes the president of the island country of Palau, Surangel Whipps, in the center of the front row, to say a few words as well. Why not, huh?
They sign up for the President of Zambia, Nigeria’s Environment Minister, British Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith and Jennifer Tauli Corpuz of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) to communicate on nature conservation.
When in Rome – or rather, Sharm El-Sheikh.
On the sidelines of COP27, Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron shook hands and embraced.
They chatted fortunately and shared a laugh as they posed for photos.
“It’s very good to see you,” Mr. Sunak told Mr Macron in his first face-to-face meeting since entering No. 10.
“We have a lot to say to others, don’t we?” Added.
It was reported that Mr. Sunak would press the French president for a new agreement to restrict Channel crossings in a bilateral meeting between the two men.
The British prime minister hopes to have smart relations with Macron, after his predecessor, Liz Truss, took a more hostile approach.
When asked whether Macron was a “friend or an enemy,” he first replied that “the jury had come out,” but then backtracked.
This is an issue that concerns many others at COP27, as our weather update correspondent says below (publication 14. 06).
Brussels is Mozambique 2. 5 million euros for “losses and damages” similar to climate change.
Belgian Development Cooperation Minister Frank Vandenbroucke said his country was providing the cash as a component of a €25 million package for the country from 2023 to 2028.
It will come with projects such as installing solar panels in grid-connected regions.
Dozens of world leaders will speak at COP27 today, and yet the rhetoric we hear will most likely be different.
The heads of major oil manufacturers in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which will need a long-term role for fossil fuels, are on the list today.
On the other side of the spectrum, leaders of climate-poor and climate-vulnerable countries like Niger and Palau are likely to solicit foreign investment to deal with the damage.
Then there will be the new Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and Italy, who will deliver one of their first speeches on the world stage.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is about to speak out about the UK’s withdrawal from polluting fossil fuels and the shift to cleaner energy sources.
Meanwhile, many of the world’s biggest broadcasters may not speak until next week or have been excluded from the show altogether.
U. S. President Joe Biden will arrive at the convention in Egypt next week, as will Brazil’s newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend, but will have an envoy to the conference.
India and Russia are absent from the event.
By Hannah Thomas-Peter, Climate Change Correspondent
I am meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and UN Secretary-General Anthony Guterres.
Both spoke with emotion about the floods in Pakistan and the financing of loss and damage.
The unprecedented floods have affected more than 30 million people.
Sharif: “Don’t let our helplessness be a death sentence. . . what happens in Pakistan will not remain in Pakistan. “
This is the maximum debatable factor here.
The most recent estimate of the cargo to Pakistan is $30 billion (£26 billion).
But countries are resisting the commitments, even though they first agreed to communicate them at the COP.
Be sure to sing on our broadcast around 2:30 p. m. m. when world leaders begin to address the COP27 climate conference.
It is not known precisely when the speaker will take the stage, but we do know that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will deliver his speech at four o’clock in the afternoon.
We will also hear, among the heads of state:
Labour is urging the creation of what they call “net 0 trade groups” across the country.
He says the concept is to mix heavy industries such as cement, ceramics, metal and chemicals with low-carbon technology.
This may mean only hydrogen energy along with carbon capture and storage.
The party said it is a way to protect heavy industries while also helping to expand new green technologies.
Shadow Weather Update and Net 0 Secretary Ed Miliband said the proposal would “create jobs, industries (and) reduce the burden of life. “
By Thomas Moore, Science Correspondent
Earlier (publication 7. 05), I explained how we face a number of tipping issues towards climate catastrophe. The melting of Greenland’s vast ice sheet tops the list of impending tipping problems.
Enough water arrived to raise the global degrees of the sea by more than seven meters and symptoms of instability are already occurring.
Scientists at the University of Exeter and the Potsdam Institute in Germany classify it as one of the “likely” maximum tipping points, even at 1. 5°C.
At its summit, the ice canopy is two miles thick. But the ice is shrinking as the Arctic warms and melts the surface, putting it in contact with even warmer air at lower elevations.
It rained on the summit this summer, for the first time in recorded history.
This hot air rushes to melt.
Once it reaches a critical, and as yet unknown, threshold, melting will be self-sufficient. Much, if ever, of the ice sheet will collapse.
The West Antarctic ice sheet may be just another of the “likely” tilt problems at 1. 5°C.
Much of it rests on bedrock below sea level. And if ocean water breaks up and floods the bottom of the ice sheet, a landslide would be inevitable.
This would rise at least 3 meters more to global sea level. Added to the impact of Greenland, the water would cross at least 10 meters.
And here’s the thing. More than six hundred million people live in coastal areas less than 10 meters above sea level.
It would take centuries for the ice to melt, but entire peoples will have to be moved inland as emerging seas redraw the world’s coastlines.
There was a sense of hope at COP26 in Glasgow last year.
But the summit provided a comprehensive solution.
So: Can COP27 bring about lasting change?
Sky News assesses its success.
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