Posted on 6 November 2022 by John Hartz

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COP27 climate summit to test resolve of world battling war, inflation

• Many of the biggest players distracted by crises
• Global greenhouse gas emissions still rising
• Floods, droughts, heatwaves taking toll around world
• 'Not on track on anything' says Egypt's negotiator

An international climate summit starting next week in Egypt will test the resolve of nations to combat global warming, even as many of the biggest players are distracted by urgent crises ranging from war in Europe to rampant consumer inflation.

More than 30,000 delegates, including representatives from some 200 countries, will gather Nov. 6-18 in the seaside resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to hash out details around how to slow climate change and help those already feeling its impacts.

But with nations dealing with the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, along with soaring food and fuel prices and stuttering economic growth, questions loom over whether they will act quickly and ambitiously enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

COP27 climate summit to test resolve of world battling war, inflation by Valerie Volcovici, Business, Reuters, Oct 31, 2022

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Sun, Oct 30, 2022

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• Cop27 climate summit: window for avoiding catastrophe is closing fast by Robin McKie, The Observer/Guardian, Oct 30, 2022
• What is climate change adaptation and why is it a priority at COP27? by Eric White, Climate Change, World Economic Forum, Oct 28, 2022

Mon, Oct 31, 2022

• Almost Half of Earth's Vital Signs Are Now 'Code Red', Scientists Warn by David Nield, Environment, Science Alert, Oct 29, 2022
• Will disruptive action help save the planet?, Opinions by Rupert Read & Indigo Rumbelow, Comment is Free, The Observer/Guardian, Oct 30, 2022
• Two-thirds of US money for fossil fuel pours into Africa despite climate goals by Oliver Milman, Environment, The Guardian, Oct 31, 2022
• COP27 climate summit to test resolve of world battling war, inflation by Valerie Volcovici, Business, Reuters, Oct 31, 2022

Tue, Nov 1, 2022

• Celebrating Victories in Europe and South America, the Rights of Nature Movement Plots Strategy in a Time of ‘Crises’ by Katie Surma, Politics & Policy, Inside Climate News, Oct 31, 2022
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• Why Greta Thunberg is shunning the U.N. climate conference this year, Analysis by Shannon Osaka, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 31, 2022

Wed, Nov 2, 2022

• Ahead of COP27, New Climate Reports are Warning Shots to a World Off Course by Bob Berwyn, Politics & Policy, Inside Climate News, Nov 1, 2022
• Europe is seeing its warmest weather on record so late in the year by Ian Livingston, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 31, 2022
• Three major developments in 2022 may shift the world’s climate trajectory by Michael Birnbaum, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 1, 2022
• Countries Want to Plant Trees to Offset Their Carbon Emissions, but There Isn’t Enough Land on Earth to Grow Them by Katie Sumra, Science, Inside Climate News, Nov 1, 2022

Thu, Nov 3, 2022

• How U.N. climate conferences have tackled global warming by Andrea Januta, Business, Reuters, Nov 2, 2022
• ‘Carbon timebomb’: climate crisis threatens to destroy Congo peatlands by Damian Carrington, Environment, The Guardian, Nov 2, 2022
• Native Guardians: Canada’s First Nations Move to Protect Their Lands by Ed Struzik, Yale Environment 360, Nov 3, 2022
• Why the Feared Wave of Solar Panel Waste May Be Smaller and Arrive Later Than We Expected by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News, Nov 3, 2022

Fri, Nov 4, 2022

• Fossil fuel burning once caused a mass extinction – now we’re risking another, Opinion by George Monbiot, Comment is Free, The Guardian, Nov 3, 2022
• Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt's breadbasket by Samy Madgy, AP News, Nov 2, 2022
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #44 2022 by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, Oct 27, 2022