Journalists from around the world have been put to test to work together in this year's biggest Newsroom at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Chairman of Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) Diaa Rashwan confirmed that over 3,000 journalists had been cleared to cover the event from Egypt and that a majority of them had already arrived at the venue.

Whereas journalists are expected to arrange for their own accommodation, the organisers ensured that some facilities were availed to the media personalities on location. 

For instance, at the venue is a 300-capacity writing press area which will be split into three to accommodate those who carry their personal laptops for wifi use, those who carry their laptops for hard wired internet access as well as those who work on computers provided at the venue.

A road sign in Eqypt announcing the COP27 event. FILE

For swift delivery, COP 27 site is being fed by a 40gb/s internet connection.  

"The network has been configured in such a way so that all users have access to the full incomer and there is no throttling or segregation of that connection.

"All internet connections will be capable of a minimum 10mb/s u/d and burstable up to
100mb/s u/d," read the statement in part.

Journalists were also advised to register for the events they intent to cover two-hours in advance.

In cases of rooms where TV and radio journalists won't be permitted to access, feeds will be provided by the Egypt State broadcaster.

Rules to be Followed

According to the accreditation rules, all media houses were expected to deliver their equipment in bulk by using vehicle on November 3. 

Henceforth, all journalists were expected to carry their equipment hand while getting in the main conference. 

The foreign journalists were also banned from filming outside of the conference venue and must obtain clearance before proceeding.

All attendees at the event will also be required to wear their identity badges at all time and should undergo a Covid-19 test daily.

Kenya's Nation Media Group (NMG) sent a crew of 8 journalist- its largest ever to attend the event at a go.

The other 3,000 journalists were drawn from 450 media outlets worldwide including Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News and Fox News among others. 

The event will be covered in 15 major languages, including Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. Over 

40,000 individuals including President William Ruto are expected to attend the event.

President William Ruto gives an address during the 2022 Taxpayers' Day at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre on Friday, October 28, 2022.  Twitter, By Derrick Okubasu, Kenyans.co.ke