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Show of solidarity and a T rex: day four at Cop27 – in pictures
Protesters wear white as US House speaker Nancy Pelosi joins delegates at climate summit in Egypt
Continue reading...To those who sneer at activists blocking roads: what are you doing to save the planet? | Polly Toynbee
The Tories’ despicable plan to imprison protesters is unlikely to stop those who fear imminent climate catastrophe
Just Stop Oil protesters this week are climbing gantries on the M25, blocking the Dartford tunnel, causing long delays and getting arrested in droves. Meanwhile the public order bill that would crack down on disruptive protests has been passed by MPs and is now being read in the House of Lords. The Lords should throw out this despicable piece of legislation.
It’s curious how all those on the right who call themselves libertarians and claim to care about freedom from the state’s oppressive regulations (many of which keep water, air and food safe) are in favour of a bill that seeks to imprison people with bike locks, or anything harmless that could be used in protest. A prison sentence of 51 weeks beckons for “causing a public nuisance” – not harm, hurt or injury.
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...Climate activists target private jet airports and demand ban at Cop27
Protesters gather at Farnborough and Luton as part of global action, also calling for tax on frequent fliers
Climate activists have blocked entrances to two of the UK’s premier private jet airports as part of a global wave of action against private aviation timed to coincide with Cop27.
The activists, from Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion, staged blockades at Farnborough airport, in Hampshire, and London Luton airport’s Harrods terminal on Thursday morning.
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COP27: BP chief listed as delegate for Mauritania
EU energy companies announce strong ETS-covered generation rise in 9M results
Euro Markets: Midday Update
£9.3-bln UK pension fund makes £100-mln anchor commitment to new forest carbon investment vehicle
Many Republicans think climate crisis is a hoax, says Nancy Pelosi – video
Speaking at a Cop27 panel discussion, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said it was difficult to predict how the results of the midterm elections would affect US action on climate change, but that such action was 'long overdue'. 'We have had, shall we say, a disagreement on the subject,' said Pelosi, referring to the Democrats and the Republicans. 'When Kathy [Castor, a congresswoman] had her bill on the floor, our [Republican] colleagues said why are we having this discussion, there is no climate crisis, it's all a hoax.'
Continue reading...COP27: Countries’ dash for gas will lead to supply, emissions overshoot -analysis
UPDATE – EU Parliament signs off on REPowerEU changes, seeking to frontload ETS auction revenue entirely from govt supply
Civil society groups report surveillance and intimidation at Cop27
Attenders say actions of Egyptian authorities are threatening their participation at conference
Members of civil society attending Cop27 have described how surveillance and intimidation by the Egyptian authorities is threatening their participation in the climate conference.
Problems reported by attenders include overt surveillance, control of their meetings by conference staff and problems with accommodation.
Continue reading...Climate carnage: whose job is it to save the planet? – documentary
In a crucial year for the climate, award-winning Guardian environment editor Fiona Harvey reflects on 30 years of Cops and meets the politicians, activists and scientists asking who is responsible for saving the planet.
In November last year, the world’s gaze focused on Glasgow at Cop26 as 'a historic, collective achievement' was forged between 200 countries – the Glasgow climate pact. Since then, unprecedented global events have threatened this commitment to limiting climate destruction, and the hopes of 'keeping 1.5 alive' have been dashed. We follow Fiona as she prepares for Cop27 in Egypt, asking presidents, global leaders, activists and scientists if global diplomacy is enough to save humanity from the brink of annihilation
Continue reading...‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit
Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year
There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis.
There are 636 lobbyists from the oil and gas industries registered to attend the UN event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At Glasgow, the figure was 503, which outnumbered the delegation of any single country. This year the only country with a larger delegation is the United Arab Emirates, hosts of Cop28 next year, which has 1,070 registered delegates, up from 176 last year.
Continue reading...Cop27: record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at climate conference – live
Latest developments from the UN event, where the theme of the day is science and youth
There are a lot of interesting protests happening today, from a woman in an embellished outfit which proclaims ‘the flood is coming’, to the vegans who have been there each day (a lot of the food on offer seems to be beef and chicken based).
Though the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, hotfooted it back to England pretty swiftly after his underwhelming speech to the conference on Monday, there are still a handful of politicians knocking around.
I am delighted to be at Cop27 as part of the UK delegation and to speak about the net zero review and the progress we have made. So far the review has held 38 evidence roundtables and been taking evidence from across the UK – along with receiving over 1,800 written evidence submissions.
I’m keen to maintain the level of collaboration internationally, to demonstrate that the UK remains internationally leading in our climate policies and the review is a fantastic opportunity to establish new policies and frameworks that can ensure we can go further and faster on emissions reductions – and show other nations how they can deliver and implement their own net zero targets.
Continue reading...COP27: Roundup for Day 4 – Nov. 10
UN posts Gabon’s REDD results, paving way for potentially huge national-scale carbon credit issuance
‘Major push’ for gas amid Ukraine war accelerating climate breakdown
Experts say world has ‘overreached’ in replacing Russian supply, which could kill 1.5C target
The global dash for gas amid the Ukraine war will accelerate climate breakdown and could send temperatures soaring far beyond the 1.5C limit of safety, analysis has shown.
If all of the new gas projects announced in response to the global gas supply crunch are fulfilled, the resulting greenhouse gas emissions would add up to about 10% of the total amount of carbon dioxide that can safely be emitted by 2050.
Continue reading...Bhutan signs partnership to develop carbon credit aggregation platform
Chevron partners with MOL to assess LCO2 transport from Singapore to Australia
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