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7:35 p.m. : On the occasion of COP27, nine countries joined an international alliance intended to encourage the development of offshore wind power: Germany, Belgium, Colombia, United States, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, United United. The Global Offshore Wind Alliance aims to “remove the barriers“to the development of this energy, which can be developed “on a large scale, in a short time and at a competitive price”.
5:27 p.m. : A group of experts launched by the UN during the last COP has delivered its conclusions on the “green washing” and ways to assess the credibility of commitments announced by companies. They “cannot claim carbon neutrality while continuing to build or invest in new sources of fossil fuels”settles this report. “We must have no tolerance for the ‘green washing’ on carbon neutralityinsisted UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
5:28 p.m. : “At present, multilateral aid is out of reach for the majority of the world’s population due to risk-averse lending policies with onerous costs and conditions”.
The South African President earlier launched a call to simplify the allocation of loans allowing developing countries to finance the energy transition. A 98 billion dollar investment plan for his country, one of the most polluting in the world, was approved yesterday.
5:28 p.m. : Joe Biden and his administration will remain committed to climate change regardless of the outcome of the midterm elections being held today in the United States, assures his envoy for the Climate, John Kerry at COP27. “Most of what we do cannot be changed by anyone who comes along the way”he argues, as Democrats could lose their edge in both houses of Congress.
3:04 p.m. : Alaa Abdel Fattah, sentenced to five years in prison for accusing a police officer of torture, has stopped eating for a week, and hasn’t been drinking since Sunday. He can survive “a day or two, three maximum”says his mother, Laila Soueif, in a text published on Facebook.
3:08 p.m. : The issue of human rights in Egypt continues to come up at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. The sister of political detainee on hunger strike Alaa Abdel Fattah, Sanaa Seif, held a press conference at the site of the climate summit. The security service of the event had to take out a deputy of the Egyptian presidential majority who attacked her: “Don’t try to use the West against Egypt”thundered Amr Darwish before being excluded from the place.
(JOSEPH EID / AFP)