‘Highway to climate hell’: High stakes at COP27

One other yr, one other COP: massive headlines, massive guarantees, however is there any actual motion? Plus, Prigozhin – the Russian propagandist and mercenary magnate, uncovered.

With world leaders gathered in Egypt for the newest UN local weather summit, the agenda couldn't be clearer. Consultants say the insurance policies governments put in place ultimately yr’s convention in Scotland will nonetheless depart massive components of the planet uninhabitable. The dearth of progress has many questioning the COP course of.

Contributors:

Bahar Dutt – Environmental journalist; affiliate professor, Shiv Nadar College

Asad Rehman – Govt director, Battle on Need; lead spokesperson, Local weather Justice Coalition

Katharine Hayhoe – Chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Joanna Depledge – Former programme officer, UN Local weather Secretariat; analysis fellow, Local weather Methods

On our radar:

Egypt is underneath hearth over the case of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, whose imprisonment has threatened to overshadow proceedings for COP27. Tariq Nafi seems to be into the case.

Prigozhin: the person doing Putin’s soiled work

Yevgeny Prigozhin is the Russian oligarch greatest often called the person behind Wagner – a personal army firm – mercenaries infamous for doing the Kremlin’s bidding abroad. He’s additionally the creator of a media community which has produced propaganda and misinformation in Russia and overseas.

Contributor:

Ilya Barabanov – Journalist, BBC

Credit score: ‘All Eyes On Wagner’ – a venture by OpenFacto devoted to monitoring Wagner mercenaries’ actions world wide and their alleged abuses.

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