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November 10, 2022

600+ COP27 Delegates Are Linked to Fossil Fuels; Activists Protest for Climate Reparations
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In news from the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the group
Global Witness found the number of delegates linked to the fossil fuel
industry is 25% higher than at last year's COP meeting. That's more than
600 people - higher than the combined number of delegates from the 10
countries most impacted by the climate crisis.

On Wednesday, activists staged a number of protests at COP27. Youth
activist Lucky Abeng of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
demanded rich counties pay poor nations for loss and damage caused by
climate disasters - like recent floods in Nigeria that killed more than
600 people while displacing over a million.

Lucky Abeng: "We want world leaders to take this agenda very seriously,
because our future as young people is at stake. We contribute less than
4% to the global greenhouse gas emissions, but yet the worst impact of
climate change is upon us here in Africa."



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