Egypt will position itself as an impartial arbiter while hosting this year’s COP27 UN Climate Summit, as it pushes other nations to act on climate pledges while promoting the interests of the developing world, a senior Egyptian official said, Reuters reports. Egypt, where unauthorised public demonstrations are banned, would also welcome protests within the rules of the 7– 18 November Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, said Wael Aboulmagd, special representative to the COP27 President. A natural gas exporter, Egypt takes over presidency of the UN climate talks from Britain. Last year’s summit in Glasgow, Scotland, ended with the nearly 200 countries in attendance promising to strengthen their climate pledges this year. Eleven countries had updated their targets for cutting greenhouse gas […]