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'SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — "Cooperate or perish," the United Nations chief told
dozens of leaders gathered Monday for international climate talks, warning them
that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urging the two biggest
polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.
This year's annual U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, comes as leaders
and experts have raised increasing alarm that time is running out to avert
catastrophic rises in temperature. But the fire and brimstone warnings may not
quite have the effect as they have had in past meetings because of multiple
other challenges of the moment pulling leaders' attention — from midterm
elections in the U.S. to the Russia-Ukraine war.
More than 100 world leaders will speak over the next few days at the gathering
in Egypt. Much of the focus will be on national leaders telling their stories
of being devastated by climate disasters, culminating Tuesday with a speech by
Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Sharif, whose country's summer floods caused
at least $40 billion in damage and displaced millions of people.
"Is it not high time to put an end to all this suffering," the summit's host,
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, told his fellow leaders. "Climate
change will never stop without our intervention ... Our time here is limited
and we must use every second that we have.''
El-Sisi, who called for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, was gentle compared
to a fiery United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who said the
world "is on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator."'
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
