The fourth day of COP27, the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, was marked by accusations of conspiracy against Egypt by the Egyptian government hosting the event. Sanaa Seif is the sister of a political prisoner in the country. Also today, Egyptian authorities banned an Italian activist from entering the country.
The arrival of former minister and elected federal deputy Marina Silva (Rede) was another record of the event. Marina expected some points on the environmental agenda of president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), who said he wanted to make Brazil a leader in the fight against climate change.
Complo. An Egyptian lawyer sued Sanaa Seif today after she attended COP27 on Tuesday (8).
His brother is a political prisoner in the country and has been on hunger strike for more than 200 days. Arrested since 2019, the activist is a pro-democracy blogger and seen as an enemy of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime. He was sentenced to five years in prison for “spreading false information” in late 2021.
Seif is accused in court of conspiring with foreign agencies, inciting and spreading Egypt. fake news about the brother.
The activist’s sister returned to COP27 this Thursday (10) for another symbolic act. This time, political prisoners were left with several dressed in white in an area between the COP27 pavilions as a protest for climate justice and human rights.
Italian forbidden. activist human rights giorgio snail, vice director and member of international Honors programs EuroMed blocked by rights Egyptian authorities received a withdrawal request from Cairo airport this Thursday.
According to the International Federation for Human Rights, Giorgio had a valid entry visa and “the authorities did not give him a reason to refuse entry”. Giorgio has been operating for years against Egypt’s torture and ill-treatment practices.
Arrival of Marina. The elected federal legislator met with American climate ambassador John Kerry today, in addition to anticipating some of the highlights of Lula’s environmental agenda, in her participation at COP27.
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The MP said Lula’s team, which will travel to Egypt next week, wants a “global initiative that helps preserve forests”.
He also said the PT had a “clear commitment” on this issue “not only for Brazil but also with regard to African and Asian countries”, and that this should be accompanied by “resources for vulnerable countries”.
Brazil is in a hurry to produce green hydrogen. Green hydrogen and electricity generation from offshore wind turbines – offshore wind turbines – was the topic of the “Infrastructure Support for the Energy Transition” panel discussed at COP27 this Thursday.
Brazil hastened to start production. According to Roberta Cox, special adviser to the Department of the Environment, the government’s actions to reduce the authority bureaucracy for the installation of these projects progressed satisfactorily with the issuance of the regulations governing the transfer of use decree. consists of marine areas.
fossil energy. Environmental organizations regretted at the meeting this Thursday that the presence of the fossil energy sector had increased compared to previous pressures. According to a statement from Global Witness and other organizations, the increase was 25% compared to COP26 held a year ago in Glasgow, Scotland.
“636 fossil energy lobbyists associated with some of the biggest oil and gas polluters have signed up for the COP27 climate talks,” the statement said.
Moreover, according to these NGOs, the COP has more lobbyists in the sector than the total number of representatives of the ten countries most affected by climate change.
(with ANSA, AFP, Estadão Conteúdo and Agência Brasil)
source: Noticias
