These are the resources from the session Climate Change – COP27 – what was achievd? on Thursday 1st December 2022
Recordings
The outcomes of COP27 – Molly Scott Cato (Professor of Green Economics at Roehampton University and former Green Party MEP) (20 minutes)
Q&A and Discussion (45 minutes)
Videos
‘We have the collective capacity to transform’ – Prime Minister of Barbados at COP27
‘Loss and damage’ addition to climate agenda – Prime Minister of Barbados at COP27
Useful links
From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/30/amazon-public-money-earth-destruction-fossil-fuels-subsidies?
African Climate Risk Facility https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/11/24/cop27-africa-took-climate-action-into-own-hands-asia-must-too
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility https://www.ccrif.org/
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War on Want: Leaders of developed countries have stood at this very podium claiming they want to defend 1.5c, that they believe in the science, that people matter, that they care. Empty words. Hypocritical words.https://twitter.com/WarOnWant/status/1592897265836126211
Global Justice Now: People’s power wins at COP27 as loss and damage fund established but talks fail to deliver on other key demands. https://demandclimatejustice.org/2022/11/20/peoples-power-wins-at-cop27-as-loss-and-damage-fund-established-but-talks-fail-to-deliver-on-other-key-demands/
Debt Justice: COP27 summit agree to a new fund to fight loss and damage. https://debtjustice.org.uk/news/what-happened-on-debt-at-cop27
Christian Aid: Saturday saw the conclusion of talks at COP27 – the annual, global climate change conference, held (this year) in Egypt. So, what happened and what’s next? https://www.christianaid.org.uk/news/climate-change/what-happened-cop27