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Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks
(The Guardian, 4 Oct 2022) Activists from global south demand recompense for damage from countries most responsible for crisis.
Young people from some of the countries most affected by climate breakdown have warned they are not victims but a force to be reckoned with in the run-up to a UN climate conference in Egypt.
Led by climate groups across Africa and the Middle East, hundreds of activists from countries that are the least responsible for the crisis but are experiencing the worst impacts have gathered in Tunisia to prepare for what they say will be a collective fight for justice for their countries and communities, which they will take to Cop27 next month.
They are campaigning on issues including adaptation funding and recompense for damage from countries that have been the most responsible for global heating.
At Cop26 in Glasgow, delegates promised to give a total of $350m to help the worst affected countries adapt to the climate emergency. But promises for funding have been broken in the past, and the issue of adaptation funding, along with demands for loss and damage funding to be paid to vulnerable countries by the US and Europe, is a clash point with the global south.
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The Guardian, 4 Oct 2022: Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks
