Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of Cop27 in blow to NGOs
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- 07 Nov 2022
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Civil society organisations and governments may have to cancel events at the UN climate summit in November as the Egyptian hosts have tightened security for the opening days.
Cop27 will open on Sunday 6 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, and on the Monday and Tuesday world leaders are due to descend on the conference centre for talks to direct their negotiating teams.
Many countries and civil society groups have set up pavilions inside the UN-secured “blue zone”, where governments will meet for the leaders’ summit. The pavilions typically host events with scientists, politicians, business leaders, celebrities and campaigners to exchange ideas on key climate issues.
But they have been told that events planned for the opening Monday will have to be cancelled unless they involve visiting heads of state. In an email seen by the Guardian, the UN wrote that “the government of Egypt has decided there will be no pavilion events on 7 November 2022”. Read More...
