“Pay for loss and damage now,” said Friday Nbani, a Nigerian environmental activist who was leading a group of African protesters. Attendees of events at the German pavilion have complained about being photographed and filmed by people unknown to them in the days after Germany hosted an event there with the sister of a jailed Egyptian pro-democracy activist. Still, there were signs that Egypt was attempting to exert pressure inside the conference venue. That has given the activists a bit more space to voice their opinions than in the rest of the country, where Egypt's authoritarian government essentially bars protests. The protesters marched through the conference's ‘Blue Zone,’ which is considered United Nations territory and governed by the global body's rules. Activists blamed high cost of travel, accommodation and restrictions in the isolated city for limiting numbers of demonstrators. Protests have mostly been muted at the conference, known as COP27, which is taking place in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
climate summit in Egypt to pay for the impact of global warming, the largest demonstration yet that came as German officials raised concerns about possible surveillance and intimidation of delegates and other conference attendees. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - Hundreds of environmental activists on Saturday called on industrialized nations at the U.N.
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