On 9th November 2022, the fourth day of the COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, about 50 activists from Asia, Africa and the Americas protested in the central Blue Zone of the conference and called for an end to fossil fuel funding and a shift to investment in community-based renewable projects.
On 8th November 2022, the third day of the COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Prime Minister of island nation Antigua and Barbuda in the West Indies said that highly polluting emerging economies including China and India should pay into a climate compensation fund to aid nations in rebuilding after climatically induced calamities.
On 7th November 2022, the second day of the COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, India's Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav spoke at two separate events – Middle Eastern Green Summit 2022 and the UN Secretary-General High-Level Round Table.
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27 commenced on the 6th of November 2022 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Climate change and pollution are some of the biggest problems facing the world at present. Climate change and pollution have adversely affected human health and now children are also facing the wrath of rising climate change. According to experts, due to climate change and pollution, diseases like dengue, malaria, brain fever, and diarrhoea have spread their feet rapidly. According to the news of Only My Health, women, children and people with disabilities are most at risk from climate change and rapidly spreading pollution.
Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change addressed the sideline event at the COP27 summit yesterday. In her address she highlighted that to enhance transparency and investor confidence, a global baseline has to be developed and industries will have to try to adapt themselves to new challenges and regulations.
After two days of relief, pollution has started increasing again in Delhi and its surrounding areas. On November 11, the average air quality index in the country's capital Delhi was once again recorded in the very poor category. According to SAFAR, the average AQI of Delhi was recorded at 303 at 7 am on Friday. At the same time, the condition of the air in NCR also appeared to be deteriorating.
An international coalition 'International Drought Resilience Alliance' has been launched to deal with the increasing outbreak of drought globally. This alliance has been released during the ongoing Summit on Climate Change (Cop 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on 07 November 2022. The alliance includes 25 countries and 20 organizations around the world, including Senegal and Spain.
At the United Nations Climate Dialogue (Cop 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world, "The world is on the highway of hell and foot accelerator due to climate change." We are losing the battle of our life fast. This is our last chance to save this planet for generations to come. Now there is no option left. Either cooperate or burn in hell.
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the 'India Pavilion' at COP-27 held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Sunday. According to the press release, the COP-27 conference is scheduled from November 6 to 18. Welcoming the representatives of all countries to the 'India Pavilion', Yadav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had provided a simple solution to the complex climate change problem. He said that India believes that action to stop climate change starts from the ground level, hence he designed the India Pavilion with the theme of 'Life'. Scholars of India working towards preventing climate change were also honoured on this occasion.
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