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Forests and Climate Change

COP27 Peoples’ Declaration for Climate Justice

18 Nov, 2022

Women and men marching and holding a green banner at COP27 in Egypt, photo by Adrien Salazar

17 November 2022, Sharm El Sheikh–Hundreds of climate activists, Indigenous representatives, human rights activists, environmental defenders, workers and feminist groups gathered today for the People’s Plenary at COP27. They signed a People’s Declaration for Climate Justice that includes demands to decolonize economies and societies, repay climate debt, and address global warming by reducing emissions to zero by 2030. The statement ends with a call for the release of the imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah and all other political prisoners. …

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