Summary: with the appointment of the boss of the UAE’s national oil company to head up COP28, critics say it’s a sell out to big oil interests while others argue the choice of Sultan al-Jaber is a shrewd and positive move.
Summary: with the appointment of the boss of the UAE’s national oil company to head up COP28, critics say it’s a sell out to big oil interests while others argue the choice of Sultan al-Jaber is a shrewd and positive move.
Summary: as COP27 opens in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian president is hoping that the climate crisis will give him cover to obscure the rising tide of debt that threatens to wreck the economy and bring more misery to millions of Egyptians.
Summary: the murder of a female intelligence officer has brought fragile Somalia to the brink of state collapse.
Summary: the Middle East and North Africa is a crucial battleground in the global struggle to contain the damage climate change is inflicting but time is fast running out for countries in the region to take concerted action.
