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And the fact it is being held in africa is seen by many as a chance to draw attention to the severe impacts of climate change on the continent. kenya is one country which is seeing many of its wildlife die due to prolonged drought. the bbc�*s anne ngugi reports from amboseli national park — a warning that her report contains distressing images. this heartbreaking scene is repeated all across the national park. everywhere you look dead or dying animals. the drought raging this region spared f...

Ministers and another part of the government who have been very outspoken saying that using the same rhetoric that they use in the past. said they want to stop human trafficking these are organise trips where the ngos are in some ways complicit for the smugglers. particularly, subunit this morning said on national radio that he thinks people smugglers rely on the idea that ngo ships are patrolling the mediterranean and saving people and they would take them if their boats run out of fuel for exa...

Significant all focus in america in on the vote tomorrow. but elsewhere theres another significant event happening in egypt — where world leaders, bankers and ceos are gathering for the cop 27 summit. of the climate crisis we face. according to the world meteological organisation the past 8 years have been the hottest on record. this map shows the areas that saw the most severe average temperature anomalies this year. the heaviest spikes were in europe, central asia, the middle east and china....

There isnt some nice, fluffy yeltsin character waiting in the wings behind him whos going to immediately reach out and say, "so sorry, its all been a terrible mistake." i think thats wishful thinking. the russia—ukraine conflict is going to go on in some form, either in a hot war or bubbling away in some kind of insurgency for a long time. the african continent is starting to suffer particularly badly from the effects of global warming. from the horn of africa down to kwazulu—natal in south ...

What sort of reporting would you do? i mean, i think this is a tricky cop. so egypt has said this is about implementation and about finance. its not about setting new pledges for carbon cuts. i mean, the un is saying we absolutely have to deliver more ambitious carbon cuts if were going to sort out the big problem of future climate change. but the implementation and finance are very tricky issues, particularly at a time when the world faces rising energy and food costs. the developing world has ...

Demands from developing countries for richer nations to help them pay for the damage caused by climate change look set to dominate the next round of global climate talks starting in Egypt.

As world leaders convene in Egypt for COP 27 it is important to recognise where some of the most forceful initiatives for change are coming from.

FM Bilawal, other cabinet members & senior officials will accompany Shehbaz during the two-day official visit

President Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the many people who will be in attendance and he will be presenting South Africa’s position on these issues.

The United Nations' 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) climate summit began on Sunday in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh city. Shadowed by the cost-of-living crisis in the western nations and severe weather events in Africa and parts of Asia, much of the tension in Sharm el-Sheikh is expected to be about funds to be pledged by rich nations to help their developing counterparts in the global south fight climate change.  Compensation for developing nations to be discussed