Category: COP27

Climate Activists Cause Disruption on UK’s Busiest Motorway as COP27 Gets Under Way

Climate protesters have caused disruption on the UK’s busiest motorway despite a major police operation to foil their plans, just as the COP27 climate summit gets under way in Egypt. Climate group Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, said “action has gone ahead in multiple locations on the M25” during morning rush hour…


Recklessly Charging Towards Renewable Energy Could Be Detrimental

Commentary Australia Energy Minister Chris Bowen left the country on the weekend to attend COP27 at the luxurious location of Sharm-el-Sheik on the Red Sea, Egypt. Leaving aside the huge carbon emissions just for getting himself there, one would have thought that presiding over the steepest rise in energy prices since records began should be…


Why International Climate Summits Are Doomed to Fail, Part 2: Upward Mobility for Poor Depends on Energy

Commentary Here’s a reality-framing statement for the roughly 190 countries headed to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt that opens on Sunday: Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 appear to be higher than pre-pandemic levels, again, and yet, according to the U.N., greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced 43 percent (relative to 2019 levels) by 2030. Why is the…


UK’s Sunak Reverses Decision to Skip COP27 Climate Summit

The UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday said he will attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week, reversing his previous decision to skip the global conference. The U-turn comes after Sunak came under pressure from climate activists, opposition parties, and some Conservative MPs including his former boss Boris Johnson and the government’s…


UK Prime Minister Could U-Turn on Attending COP27

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could U-turn on his decision not to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt if progress has been made on his autumn budget, his official spokeman has confirmed. Last Thursday a Number 10 spokeswoman said: “The prime minister is not expected to attend Cop27 and this is due to other…