The COP27 UN Climate Summit in Egypt is now over halfway through. Delegates are trying to forge ground-breaking climate plans. Guardian reporters and editors have been on the ground closely watching what's been happening. Today we're catching up with them to hear about progress so far, as talks head towards their climax at the end of this week.
Cop27 got off to a difficult start last week. Attendees struggled with a lack of food and drink, civil society group events were curtailed, and more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists hit the conference halls – more than the delegations of many of the most vulnerable countries combined. As we head into the second week, Madeleine Finlay hears from biodiversity reporter Patrick Greenfield about what it’s been like in Sharm el-Sheikh, and from environment editor Fiona Harvey about what’s happened so far and whether much progress is likely to be made in the final days of negotiations. Help support our independent journalism at
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