amy: compare egypt today with egypt that he and so many others protested 10 years ago. the arab spring, what happened, what that meant not only for egypt but for the world, what happened in this 10 years? what has sisi brought this country to? hossam: back then, and of course you covered this extensively, under mubarak we organized because of course it was a country with a very troubling human rights record and there were ongoing violations with impunity. a complete failure of accountability. this was an authoritarian country and we were fighting for democracy. wh we have right now is a full-scale human rights crisis that made egypt in the same space as belarus and uzbek stan and other countries where not just human rights are rampant -- human rights violations are rampant but the regime became the worst abusers in the world. that is not an unusual statement. if you look at any independent ranking of any country on the measure of human rights, you will find egypt among the worst three or five. look at the number of journalists imprisoned, we are number three in the worl

muhammad: egypt is not isolated. egypt is in the middle of everything. amy: i am in sharm el-sheikh, egypt. muhammad: it does not reflect the situation in cairo. sharm el-sheikh is just a part of heaven if we want to discuss that. it is crazy because there is no transparency, no democratic process. to invite all of these people to sharm el-sheikh and let them enjoy their time in such, i would say this is not just green washing, but also a big lie. amy: you are also a major advocate for refugees. can you talk about climate refugees? the same rich nations that are creating conditions that cause people to flee, preventing them from coming to the fossil fuel-emitting nations. muhammad: it is a closed-circuit. the big states are spending more money and too much dollars on arms and we see the military and how it affects the climate. refugees are leaving their home and their countries to find a better place to live, to find someplace thats stillivable. the state's spending resources to correct the situation and to fix the crisis, no. the states are spending mor

in the context of freedom of expression and, and democracy in egypt? i think it's quite clear a lot symbolizes hope. hope that people could have a say in their governance, hope that people could have a say and how the economies around hope and not people could have a say in how the government deals with climate change. the revolution of 2011 was about hope, and that was something that was clearly felt by millions of egyptians who came to the streets and millions of people all over the world, including myself, that hope i think is the biggest threat that see faces. that's why we see crackdowns when there is any kind of calls for protest. and if, if a law is free, i think that everybody knows that's a, that's a symbolic sign that hope can win. and i do think that, you know, we still all whole lot and there are hundreds and you will be free. but yeah, i maybe hope springs eternal on it's an important message to remember in the context of those are revolutions that came and left. so very quickly, and i saw that you were nodding, i wanna play video comment

what is the most important job that has to get done in egypt? in egypt, we need to reaffirm our commitment to deliver it's about implementation. several for maybe 26 commitments that have been broken. one after the other, so this is the cup to re establish trust. this is the cop to demonstrate accountability on finance for climate adaptation on finance school for loss and damage. and of course on delivering on vicious mitigation targets. last cup we agreed to come back to this cup with ratcheted with the strong mitigation agenda as to reduce emissions, especially the wealthiest countries of the world. those are the 3 key things we'll be looking for. and just wondering what happens at these gatherings where people promise so much, we are going to, we're going to make sure that we don't cut down any more rain for us. we're going to give you so many billions and then it doesn't happen to people just get high on their own company. what happens yet, what i want like to say here that i'm talking to, let's say on behalf a small the farmer and, and othe

, military aid to egypt. in response to egypt, human rights of uses, right? other previous administrations issued a national security waiver to give the money anyway. so it should be recognized the biden. you know, they have done something, but they should do more of this is the 2nd meeting between biden's cc this year. there will actually be a 3rd meeting at the african leaders summit coming up in what we're hoping to see is real tangible results. we think that the president should obviously, the, the b, u. s. president should obviously raise a laws case and other important detainee cases with presidency c. i'm but you know, it's also important that they have a plan to show that there's going to be progress on this. and in addition, i think one of the major points that they should stress is no retaliation against activists and others who participated in cop or who raised human rights concerns during comp. because i think that the egyptian government is probably pretty upset about how this week has gone. and

i don't think who has a lot of faith in egypt like now. the reality is, this is, this is, charlotte was surviving, work for me, for my family, for everyone to be and, and, and the only way we can do that is by continuing to hold onto our voices and selling gold and are nice. it's nice because this is exactly what you're seeing, what i was also thinking about when you were talking now about why why is being targeted in such a manner. and i just wanted to point out that it's not just there are a lot of political prisoners who are the james, adamant of keeping them in prison. and i think the main reason behind this is they are obsessed with breaking them and they are, they can all have how can, how do they still pain parts of the story in taxes by prison? and i think this is really one of the, one of the what the, what the vision behind how the regime and the are intent on breaking people. and they want understand people who are the, on to the end of their story. again, all of the repetitive and i want to thank you for speaking so bravely so

many of these things are illegal here in egypt. amy: climate justice activists demand the united states and other large polluters do more to combat the climate crisis. this comes as pressure is growing egypt to release alaa abd el-fattah and other political prisoners. president biden is meeting with xi jinping in indonesia as tensions escalate between the two world powers. it is their first meeting since biden became president. pres. biden the world expects china and the u.s. to play key roles in addressing global challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, and for us to be able to work together. amy: the united states and china work together from taiwan to the war in ukraine to the climate crisis. all that and more coming up. ♪ welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the u.n. climate summit in sharm el shaikh, egypt. democrats have held onto the u.s. senate after incumbents mark kelly of arizona and nevada's catherine cortez masto won their midterm r

i've been meeting in egypt for cop 27, the global climate summit there. they have been discourse in progress and measures on how we may still manage to keep global women below 2 degrees celsius. welcome to a new edition of echo africa. here from state nigeria, i am chris elapse and i am sondra twin over a very one. welcome from me here in com, paula, uganda. well, plastic, west air pollution, agriculture. they all have an impact on the climate. and all of these issues among med, now in the next 40 minutes would blow into release on other topics, playing a role at cope 27 and highlight some possible solutions coming up on the show. how up to this in pool hungry south africa, trying to promote solar energy and reach countries to find on the street to green energy. how aware registers shooting ivory course, health terrain, environmental awareness in a 1 o'clock district. and a program in wanda the shows how environmental education can walk. we started, oh, sure. in egypt where the cope delegates are busy meeting, but hopefully not using disposable plastic di

the human rights crisis in egypt is bigger than a mean. it will continue to go worse until we see coordinator and pressure from the international community and effective measures here limited to a debt to impunity. and i appreciate you making those points. of course, it's worth remembering and reminding our audience that egypt i believe, is the 3rd largest jailer of german journalists. so there really is very little space for freedom of expression, whether locals on the ground or foreigners. and of course, your sister center was there at cop one. so i want to play for our audience what she had to say to the world to listen whenever we are that is needed. we don't care whether as an option or a british one way out we want to walk out of the title, has been trying to walk out of this fight for 9 years is either nether hospitalized . so if you're hospitalized in that facility in another facility, we don't know we need government to get closer. when on all honesty, i wonder, you know, for each of you having been jailed yourself yourself, your

because of this cooperation, egypt of elevated -- egypt elevated its climate ambition and is submitting enhanced contributions. if we are going to win this fight, every major emitter nation needs to align with the 1.5 degrees. we can no longer plead ignorance to the consequences of our actions are continue to repeat our mistakes. everybody has to keep accelerating efforts throughout this decisive decade. my friends, i came to the presidency determined to make transformational changes that are needed, that america needs to make, and that we have to do for the rest of the world, to overcome decades of opposition and obstacles to this issue alone. to reestablish that the united states is a global leader on climate. as i stand before you, we have taken enormous strides to achieve that. but i don't stand here alone. this progress is being driven by young people across america. like young people around the world, they feel the urgency of climate. and they feel it deeply. they are committed to these issues. they know the stakes. and it is their world we are creating. they will not just stand b

egypt has launched a crackdown on civil society just days before the u.n. climate summit beginsn sharm el-sheikh. hundreseven arrested -- hundreds have been arrested. >> we were expecting as egypt hosting the cop27, and openness was of amy: president biden will attend next week in sharm el-sheikh. within 50 u.s. lawmakers have called on egypt to release alaa abd el-fattah and other political prisoners. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. representatives of ethiopia's government have reached a deal to permanently halt hostilities with people in northern tigray region. the peace deal announced wednesday capped a week of african union-mediated talks in south africa aimed at bringing an end to a two-year-old war that's sparked one of the world's worst hunitarian crises. former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo led the peace -- the negotiations. >> [inaudible] >> [indiscernible] amy: all parties to the tigray war have been accused of war crimes. the peace talks did not include e

so much of what was special about egypt, january 25 revolution. he means something to egyptians who continue to fight for justice to activists from across the mina region. learning from his example to technologists who have taken queues from his visionary writing. he has succeeded to rally, rally international attention, not only around him, but around the human rights abuses in egypt. so that symbol of hope, that powerful voice deserves to be free. i'm sick that needs to go home and hold him in his arms. that pre has in when you hear that and knowing things like still valid alley his, his lawyer i last lawyer and making 3 and successful attempts recently to try to visit his client in prison and you know, he had gained permission to do so from egypt. public prosecutor, which is what's so strange, you know, this complete lack of adherence to any sort of rule of law, no accountability. do you expect that once copies over, once the world stop focusing on this, for as much as they are, then it will be, you know, more more of the same in egypt. are the

climate change conference in egypt. climate change conference in egypt. john kerry: president biden was here yesterday and he came to the g20 to make sure that he emphasized that the united states binding commitment to the reality of the steps that we are taking to implement that commitment. he is all in as far as he can get folks to move in the united states. that's obvious with the inflation reduction act which is an historic step forward. not to mention the initiatives that have been taken department to department. i can tell you because we have a task force, that has brought every agency of government together chaired by john modesto and previously gina mccarthy. the president outlined how in partnership with the international community we can do even more. the president outlined how the inflation reduction act not only puts united states on track to meet our ambitious 2030 target but will also help other countries to be able to do what they need to do to drive down the cost of clean technologies and to help make ce

and i thank you pal, thank you for being my friend here in egypt. the great pyramids and ancient artifacts stand as testament to millennia of human ingenuity. we see our mission to avert climate catastrophe and sees a new clean energy economy not only as an imperative for our present and future, but through the eyes of history, according to the war of the world meteorological organization. the past eight years have been the warmest on record. the united states in the united states are seeing historic drought and wildfires in the west, devastating hurricanes and storms in the east. here in africa. here in africa, home to many nations considered most vulnerable to climate change. food insecurity hunger follows four years of intense drought in the horn of africa. meanwhile, the *** river in west africa swollen swollen because of more intense rainfall is wreaking havoc on fishing and farming communities. nigeria, flooding has recently killed 600 people. 1.3 million more are displaced seasonal livestock migration routes have been used for hundreds of yea

so there may yet be hope here from the sands of egypt, as chris mason put it. the sands of egypt, as chris mason ut it. , , ., ., the sands of egypt, as chris mason ut it. , ., ., ., the sands of egypt, as chris mason utit. , ., ., ., . ., put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the _ put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the cop _ put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the cop 27 _ put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the cop 27 summit, - put it. justin rowlatt, our climate i editor at the cop 27 summit, thank you. there are more details on the issues being discussed at cop 27 — what's happened since cop 26 in glasgow last year, and what households and businesses can do to reduce climate emissions, in a special section on our website — that's at bbc.co.uk/news. most train companies are running a reduced timetable today despite the fact that three days of strikes by the rmt union have been cancelled. the strikes were called off at the end of last week, but that was apparently too late for many services to be reinstated. let's speak to our transport c

well, her egypt is a sovereign state, as i mentioned earlier, egypt has a parliament a freely elected parliament, and the freely elected parliament did condemn and refused all those allegations. these are misconceptions because most of the allegations about the mistreatment of human rights activists are coming from are the most, either the muslim brotherhood or organization which is a terrorist organization in 6 countries declared a terrorist organization 6 countries or are the opposition. they are activists. so are these misconceptions? ah, i mean there, there are 2 sides of any story. did they take the egyptian side of the story? did they observe what is the record of the egyptian human rights or improvements and progress in egypt? did they look at the initiative of the presidential pardon committee? did they look at the a national dialogue between the opposition and uh, the, the government that the look at the decent life initiative to improve the lives and prove, provide the human rights a health care, a decent education, decent health care, decent living conditions. this is actua

it will shift five gigawatts from egypt to europe and that will reduce emissions in egypt and be used only in the context of the needs of europe. germany is moving to 80% renewables for their power sector in germany. egypt commits to build out 10 gigawatts of solar and wind, it's a net 10 gigawatts shift to the clean energy side with the united states, germany and other countries joining together with a significant contribution with germany with the big loan. that is what helped to make this deal happen. finance that came in to attract 10 million an investment that will deploy this clean energy. japan, canada, norway, united states and the u.k. joined together with the eu pledged immediately action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with production and specific domestic steps countries can take. there is a tech guidance process to this. helping a country that might not know what to do to approach the methane issue. it is also pretty basic, low-tech and the cheapest, fastest way to rapidly reduce emissions and hang on to the possibilities of 105 degrees. in order to accelera

that's a lot of pressure for sean will shake an egypt. let's see if they can live up to that pressure one year. so good to have you here on the stream, please say hello to our viewers around the world. tell them who you are. what e d? i for me, thanks for having me. 10. my managing director for africa and global partnerships at the world uses institute. yet to have you often nice to see here on the screen. welcome. please say hello ty, viewers around the world, tell them who you are and what you do. thank you very much for having me today. i'm most money shit, head of education association of sustainable development which is non governmental organization. and also i'm climate adaptation experts in the field of agriculture, especially and about egypt. i mean, lots are area. get to have you have mirror. welcome to the stream. nice to have you . tell us about what you do, who you are, the expertise you're bringing to this conversation. and thank you very much for me . my name is tamara cooke senior and i'm a claim and justice davis from ugan

that was indian climate campaigner, lucy, prayer congress, joan in egypt. well as world leaders meet egypt record on human rights as under scrutiny, the case of the pro democracy campaigner our abdul fata is a particular concern. he was jailed for allegedly spreading fake news. protesters are campaigning for his release, but authorities are making it difficult for activists to hold demonstrations in egypt. this is what egypt once the world to see a country playing perfect host to global leaders at the un climate summit. but on the ground activists say that they are not welcome here with me, it's completely different. the last climate conference was in glasgow every day. there were street protests on near the conference center. this year you have to apply for permission to protest. 36 hours in advance you, it's only open from 10 till 5, and it's on the heavy surveillance. some say they are also being closely monitored . many activities order information was taken. so we were like, how are we good to start? something with these people are already schrodinger'

are going to go to egypt now where human rights violations. they have been overshadowing events at the cop $27.00 climate summit. protesters come out in force in support of the jo, british egyptian activists, ala a bill for the, for democracy. activists has spent many years in prison for months now, he's been on a hunger strike. and since the summit opened, he has refused to even drink water. now with human rights groups and of the potters family expression growing fears for his health, international pressure for his release. it's melting. this is ella abdel fata, the british egyptian activist is currently imprisoned in egypt in a desperate bid for freedom. he's been on hunger strike since april and to coincide with comp $27.00, he's taken it to a more dangerous level. his family are gravely concerned. i'm here to do my best try and said let him live with love about it. i am the way it would need is coming with rights group say abdel santa is one of more than 60000 political prisoners in egypt . he spent most of the past decade behind bars, 1s

and in egypt to actually it's, it's a very good example for that. we are in egypt. never ask about tradition. or we know each other for long time and never ask about the erasure if you pray or not, if you're fossil not no. and that is that very also a nice being of that. we all have the same old clothes tradition in face or door or door. this is la me, christina. it doesn't matter but the same what we are doing and our faces in our celebrations nearly the same, are also all differences in the division. so it's very nice, i mean this is a good example industrial also. i notice that this kind of a humanity in general or revisions or live together. and today in the conference it was very great to have christians, muslims, a buddhist, and all of them together. this is very great, it is great, but it also requires, i think, m moral ends sort of ethical discipline to put yourself on the same level as other people rather than call yourself a shining c. lucille that has to, you know, bring wisdom to, to the rest of humanity. and i think that's in a part of the difficulty di

i've been meeting in egypt for cop 27th. the global climate summits there. they have been discourse in progress and measures on how we may still manage to keep global warming below 2 degrees celsius. welcome to a new edition of echo africa. here from a good state nigeria, i am chris elapse and i am sondra twin over you. a very one will come from me here in complet, uganda will plastic west air pollution, agriculture. they all have an impact on the climate. and all of these issues among met. now in the next 4 to minutes, we'll dive into these and other topics, playing a role art cope 27 and highlight some possible solutions coming up on the shell. how activists in poll hungry south africa are trying to promote solar energy and go on rich countries to finance the switch to green energy. how a web register should in ivory coast, helps to raise environmental awareness in a walk in class districts and of program in ronda. the shows how environmental education can walk. we start our show in egypt where the cope delegates are busy meeting, but hopefully not using d

under 43 percent of lot comes from egypt. and now some young egyptians are trying to stop these animals flawed of plastic. ah, egypt as africa's biggest plastic consumer and it's plastic consumption continues to grow. but where does all of that? plastic waste end up. some young the jeep. sions have figured out how to dispose it while creating energy, or even sustainable product. alexandria is egypt, 2nd largest city, and it's c side. promenade is beloved by locals and tours to like the beaches packed with families on the weekends. and many of them lead trash behind. when they leave. the heaps of litter have worried nor cazin for a while. now she and other volunteers of fighting the increasing pollution on egypt, beaches the environmental group and lasting egypt has been organized in beach cleanups to help improve the situation for 4 years. now. they've already collected 10 tons of trash and gain some attention in the process. almost giddy about that fear am is gathering like the po and the impact may not be radical at the mom

as you say, it's between egypt and ralph at them. you also mentioned that ross awesome is, is dealing with energy contracts with at least 17 countries around the world with the development of nuclear energy and other plans as well. why do you think when you talk about energy? because we talk about this an awful lot. you talk about the subject of energy, it always somehow comes all the way back around. so russia doesn't good. yeah. actually, why actually? we recommend display i dis, money for men did to even so our pleasurable really because simply i am of course i am very much molded all nuclear power plant in the world. it was my duty when i was in promotional gmc, i visited over 400 reactors in all of the problem. so i know that the design i knows are from lynch or all. and that's why i understand really old be added to design. i had to quote on one jones, i'm me going to react, specially in from company now would be doable to jack will $400.00 design 5 which contains a lot of major on for particular the 50, which is why some peopl

— egypt's civic space? egypt has been for the last eight _ egypt's civic space? egypt has been for the last eight years _ egypt's civic space? egypt has been for the last eight years in _ egypt's civic space? egypt has been for the last eight years in the i for the last eight years in the middle of a full—scale human rights crisis. we are talking about a regime that has become one of the worst abuses of human rights around the world in terms of the sheer number of political prisoners, inhumane prison conditions. the criminalisation really of the media, of freedom of expression, association, assembly and a total ban on public protest, ongoing prosecutions against human rights defenders with travel bans and asset freezes. complete evisceration of the civic space in egypt that was once vibrant and diverse, if limited in the past. once vibrant and diverse, if limited in the past-— in the past. could you please tell us what you _ in the past. could you please tell us what you know _ in the past. could you please tell us what you know about - in the past. could you

under 43 percent of lot comes from egypt alone. now some young egyptians are trying to stop these animals flawed of plastic. ah, egypt as africa's biggest plastic consumer and it's plastic consumption continues to grow. but where does all of that? plastic waste and up, some young the jeep. sions have figured out how to dispose it while creating energy or even sustainable products. alexandria is egypt, 2nd largest city, and it's c side. promenade is beloved by locals and tours to like the beaches packed with families on the weekends and many of them, li trash behind. when they leave the heaps of litter have worried nor cazin for a while. now she and other volunteers of fighting the increasing pollution on egypt, beaches the environmental group and lasting egypt has been organized in beach cleanups to help improve the situation for 4 years. now. they've already collected 10 tons of trash and gain some attention in the process. although can you about that fear am is gathering like the power and the impact may not be radical at the mom

you send a letter egypt -- send military help to egypt every year. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from cairo, egypt. in colorado, the gunman suspected of shooting and killing five people at club q, an lgbtq+ nightclub in colorado springs saturday night has been indicted on murder and hate crime charges. colorado officials have identified the five victims as daniel davis aston, a 28-year-old trans man who had moved from tulsa, oklahoma, two years ago and worked at the bar club q, kelly loving, a 40-year-old trans woman who had also just moved to colorado, 38-year-old derrick rump, a bartender at club q whose mother described her as "a loving person who had a heart of gold," 35-year-old ashley paugh, who leaves behind an 11-year-old daughter devastated by the loss of her mother, and 22-year-old raymond green vance. richard fierro, a retired military veteran, has been identified as the person who confronted and disarmed the shooter. fierro was

n. climate summit in sharm el shake egypt, u. s. president joe biden is traveling to the summit to day, where he will face prussia to help developing countries reeling from disasters caused by climate change. like climate sonnet has been called to try to avert catastrophe as global warming heads towards dangerous levels. but the human rights record of the host country, egypt is also coming under scrutiny. phillip, particularly the treatment of pro democracy campaigner allah of delta, or he has been jailed for spreading for what? spreading what the authorities alleged to be fake news. some protesters are using the summit as a platform to campaign for his release. and as we report now, the egyptian government is giving them a very hard time. this is what egypt once the world to see a country playing perfect host, to global leaders at the un climate summit, but on the ground activists say that they are not welcome here. i believe it's completely different. the last climate conference was in glasgow every day. there were 3 protests o

the british egyptian activist is currently imprisoned in egypt. in a desperate bid for freedom, he has been on a hunger strike since april. and to coincide with cop27, he has taken it to a more dangerous level. his family are gravely concerned. >> i am here to do my best to try and shed light on my brother's case and to save him. today, he took his last glass of water. so, it is a matter of hours. i am really worried. i am also here to put pressure on world leaders coming, especially prime minister rishi sunak. reporter: rights groups say abdel fattah is one of more than 60,000 political prisoners in egypt. he spent most of the past decade behind bars, first being sentenced for protesting against a ban on unauthorized demonstrations and later allegedly being detained by security forces in response to protests against government corruption. as world leaders gather in egypt for cop27, alaa abdel fattah's detention has been condemned by human rights activists. >> the extraordinarily severe human rights situation in the country becomes a global priori

and what about countries have been taking place in egypt? this is the 1st time that we've had a climate change take place in the middle east. i think if my math is right here in, in a decade, what does this do for the people in egypt? i mean, egypt is dealing with not only that, the food crisis, but they're also dealing with the impact of climate change. indeed, i'm one of the key elements here that is really important to grapple with is the fact that because this is now, this conference is happening in egypt. it allows civil society. it allows the conversation with the public to happen, whether you like it or not, that conversation will happen. and that is really part of the, the unlocking that we need to happen in society so that individuals, community, families, all talk about climate change, all understand what the impacts are on their day to day lives. the decisions that they make. and that will start to happen. it was an incredible catalyst for conversation in the u. k. last year. and it does so in each country that, that host the, the

this only one issue on the table here in egypt, and that is cash. rishi sunak is expected to tell the 120 or so world leaders here tomorrow not to backslide on their promises of finance and support made at glasgow last year. but developing countries are looking for more than a hundred billion dollars every year. you got rich, causing the climate crisis by burning fossil fuels, they have said to developed nations, you need to pay to solve it. conversations about money are never easy and we are expecting some difficult discussions here over the next few days. thank you. downing street says the prime minister believes text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to the conservative mp wendy morton are "unacceptable". a formal complaint and investigation were already underway before the expletive—laden exchanges were published in today's sunday times. until this afternoon, rishi sunak said he was aware of the complaint when he appointed sir gavin as a minister, but not the content of the messages. here's our political correspondent iain watson. last mon

he was screaming this isn't egypt, you can't touch me. he was escorted out of the secretary general of amnesty international, who we just saw, pointed that what that parliamentarian did just gives us a small glimpse of the kind of conditions that human rights defenders have to endure in egypt. so it's certainly not bringing in the attention that at that they want. now we have, you know, i let friends and allies meeting with chancellor schultz for example. and now he has personally called for the release of i let. and also with ursula funder lined the president of the european commission. i a thank you very much. our correspondent, our reporter, i had a brief aah. of a ball world cup kicks off and cut her later this month. but serious questions remain about the gulf states, treatment of gay and lesbian. visitors fuel has been added to the fire by troubling comments made by the cook, tarry, world cup and bastard, or to a german public broadcaster. with less than 2 weeks ago, before the world cut kicks off in katara, the nation's world cup a

but on that key question that egypt is wanting to focus on, - that egypt is wanting to focus on, for understandable reasons, there has been a reluctance, hasn't there, by richer nations to pay for the damage they have caused in their development process, and it is the poorer populations that are very, very vulnerable?— poorer populations that are very, ve vulnerable? ~ , ,., , , very vulnerable? absolutely, we must not for: et very vulnerable? absolutely, we must not forget that- _ not forget that. how far do you think we need to make progress on this? is it possible to put a number on how much needs to be paid and with what urgency? i think we need to find a number around which everyone is going to coalesce, but we can make progress. we must make progress at cop27 on this, but we must notjust see this in isolation. there are lots of other things that can be done and should be done in order to fight climate change, but also to help many countries in africa in particular that are already dealing with calamitous impacts of climate, to help them adapt their economies and populations t

but the human rights record of the host country. egypt is also coming under scrutiny. in particular, the treatment of pro democracy campaigner allowed delta, and he's been jailed the spreading. what the authorities allege was fake news. some processed as a, using the summit now as a platform to campaign for his release. and as we report, the egyptian government is giving them a hard time. this is what egypt once the world to see a country playing perfect host, to global leaders at the un climate summit. but on the ground activists say that they are not welcome here. with me, it's completely different. the last climate conference was in glasgow. every day. there were street protests ah, near the conference center this year you have to apply for permission to protest a 36 hours in advance. you. it's only open from 10 till 5, and it's under heavy surveillance. some say they are also being closely monitored. yeah, me, active is already a information was taken. so we were like, how are we good to start? something with these people are already trolling us. good. now, do you