U.N. publishes draft COP27 climate deal
Reuters, 17 Nov 2022
The U.N. climate agency published a first draft on Thursday of a hoped-for final agreement from the COP27 climate summit, repeating many of last year’s goals while leaving contentious issues still to be resolved. The 20-page document is labelled a “non-paper”, indicating it is far from a final version and there are still hours if not days left in the negotiations between delegates from nearly 200 countries.
Climate justice gets harder as world population passes 8 billion
Reuters, 16 Nov 2022
The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change. Whether its food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population adds another 2.4 billion people by the 2080s, according to U.N. projections.
Lula vows to undo environmental degradation and halt deforestation
The Guardian, 16 Nov 2022
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the world that “Brazil is back” at Cop27, vowing to begin undoing the environmental destruction seen under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, and work towards zero deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
Devastating floods in Nigeria were 80 times more likely because of climate crisis
The Guardian, 16 Nov 2022
The heavy rain behind recent devastating flooding in Nigeria, Niger and Chad was made about 80 times more likely by the climate crisis, a study has found. The finding is the latest stark example of the severe impacts that global heating is already wreaking on communities, even with just a 1C rise in global temperature to date.
COP27: Governments Should Reject Weak Carbon Market Rules
Human Rights Watch, 14 Nov 2022
Countries attending the 27th annual United Nations climate change Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt should reject newly proposed recommendations for removals in a global carbon market, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposal fails to establish baseline human rights safeguards or ensure effective climate action.
Why women’s rights matter in COP27
AlJazeera, 14 Nov 2022
This has been a year of climate catastrophes for every corner of the globe. From floods in Pakistan and Nigeria to the worst droughts on record across the Horn of Africa, no one on the planet is insulated against our rapidly worsening climate. Among the most disproportionately affected are women and girls. Yet their story is all too often just a footnote in the news.
