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Africa:
COP27 Fails Women & Girls - High Time to Redefine Multilateralism
IPS, 12 December 2022
Three weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known… Read more »
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Africa:
While A Historic Deal Was Made, There is Still Much Left To Do #AfricaClimateHope
allAfrica, 24 November 2022
After two weeks of intense negotiations, a historic deal on loss, and damage was struck, but there is still much left to do. Sadly, nations failed to commit to taking some of the… Read more »
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Africa:
COP27 Was a Global Cop-Out, Critics Say
IPS, 1 December 2022
Last year's climate COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland, was billed as the most important conference in the history of humanity. But it failed to deliver. If anything, that failure added… Read more »
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Africa:
Was COP27 a Success or a Failure?
IPS, 24 November 2022
COP 27 was both better and worse than expected, say Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence Read more »
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Ghana:
'African Leaders Must Take Advantage of Loss and Damage Fund'
Ghanaian Times, 5 December 2022
African leaders must take advantage of the establishment of a 'Loss and Damage Fund' to help equip women who are vulnerable in their respective jurisdiction, Executive Director,… Read more »
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Africa:
African Climate Justice Activists Welcome COP27 Loss and Damage Fund
This is Africa, 1 December 2022
A loss and damage fund to cover countries affected by extreme climate events was the main highlight of COP27. Coming out of intensely contested negotiations, the agreement is a… Read more »
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Africa:
Climate Leaders Cheer Compensation Deal At COP27
SciDev.Net, 25 November 2022
Climate activists worldwide applauded an eleventh-hour deal for a loss and damage fund to compensate nations hit by climate catastrophes, the first of its kind in 30 years of… Read more »
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Africa:
Climate Adaptation - Castle in the Sky or Achievable Reality? #AfricaClimateHope
Africa Renewal, 22 November 2022
Leaders must step up and prepare for the impacts of climate change in rural locations Read more »
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Egypt:
Rights Experts Decry Harassment of Activists Attending COP27
UN News, 18 November 2022
Independent human rights experts are in dialogue with Egyptian and UN authorities over the harassment of civil society representatives at the COP27 climate change conference,… Read more »