Zeus: Five things that could save COP27 from impending failure
Lula, China could re-energize what's shaping up to be an international dud.
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah, an imprisoned British-Egyptian activist and one whom many consider to be an icon of the 2011 revolt in Egypt, has escalated his hunger strike while his family calls for his release ahead of COP27. According to human rights groups, there are an estimated 60,000 Egyptian political prisoners. The groups accuse the Egyptian government of trying to deflect criticism of its repressive reputation by hosting the climate summit. Above, Alaa’s family and Amnesty International staged a protest in London last week. Photo: Alisdare Hickson/flickr.
(David Callaway is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Callaway Climate Insights. He is the former president of the World Editors Forum, Editor-in-Chief of USA Today and MarketWatch, and CEO of TheStreet Inc.)
NEW YORK (Callaway Climate Insights) — The cascading crisis that is global warming hasn’t spun out many moments of hope and optimism this year, and as we head into the United Nations’ COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week that doesn’t seem set to change.
But sometimes when expectations are at their worst, the unthinkable happens and someone or group rises to the occasion. Here are five things to watch for that could turn the meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh from a bust into a beacon of new international cooperation and reset the battle against global warming for 2023.
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