cop27

When the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens November 6 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, one notable face in the climate movement will not be present. Nineteen-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said she would not attend the conference during a talk in London Sunday as she […]

The UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who just took office on Monday, has said he will not attend the upcoming COP27 UN climate conference in Egypt in November.  His decision comes at a time of upheaval for the UK, which has had three prime ministers in two months and is facing an energy and […]

In an effort to call attention to the increasing vulnerability of coral reefs and the world’s oceans in the face of the climate crisis, British-South African endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh is attempting what is thought to be the world’s first swim across the Red Sea, the Lewis Pugh Foundation […]

In a deal that has been called “baffling” by Greenpeace USA Oceans Campaign Director John Hocevar, the Egyptian government has signed an agreement with Coca-Cola to sponsor the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27), which will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh from November 6 to 18, a press release from Greenpeace said. The deal […]

As representatives from countries all over the world gear up for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) António Guterres has been painting a stark picture of intensifying climate impacts around the globe. Guterres accused the wealthiest 20 countries in the world of not doing enough to prevent Earth […]