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UN climate talks enter home stretch split over money
UN climate talks enter home stretch split over money
by  AFP

COP27 entered its final week Monday with countries that grew rich burning fossil fuels and developing nations reeling from climate impacts at loggerheads over how to speed and fund reductions in carbon pollution.

Western thirst for African gas raises alarm at COP27
Western thirst for African gas raises alarm at COP27
by  AFP

Wealthy Western nations facing an energy crunch are eyeing natural gas in Africa at the expense of supporting green transition in poorer countries, climate activists at COP27 charge. Exporting natural gas may bring short-term profits but exacerbate the climate crisis and leave African nations worse off in the long run, activists, researchers and advocacy groups said.

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