What does climate change mean for Egypt?
Global warming is already hitting COP27 hosts Egypt hard, damaging farming and driving up food prices. But critics say the government has criminalised protest.
The world has been in Egypt for COP27, the UN鈥檚 big climate talks. It鈥檚 a country that鈥檚 already feeling the acute effects of climate change 鈥� temperatures have risen by two degrees since last century, damaging farming and driving up food prices.
Tensions are rising, but many are concerned that restrictions on the right to protest and freedom of expression mean that climate change is not getting the attention it deserves and preventing Egypt from adapting.
The Climate Question hears how global warming is affecting Egypt 鈥� and whether the government is listening.
Presenters Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell are joined by:
Amr Magdi, Senior Researcher, Middle East & North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch
大象传媒 Arabic鈥檚 Sally Nabil
Glada Lahn, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House think tank
The Climate Question鈥檚 Jordan Dunbar at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh
Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com
Producers: Lily Freeston and Sophie Eastaugh
Researcher: Natasha Fernandes
Production Coordinators: Siobhan Reed and Helena Warwick-Cross
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Richard Fenton Smith
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
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The Climate Question
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