Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Gather at COP27 as Climate Crisis Devastates Africa

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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Gather at COP27 as Climate Crisis Devastates Africa
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Wealthy nations gathered at the U.N. climate conference, particularly the U.S., must finance loss and damage for poorer nations in the Global South.

. And it can only live up to that name if the climate crisis is addressed and if what is needed, what the communities from the African continent are demanding for are fulfilled. And one of those things is the Loss and Damage Finance Facility. The climate crisis is pushing so many communities beyond adaptation. You cannot adapt to starvation. You can’t adapt to extinction. And that is what is happening right now. Loss and damage is affecting so many communities.

When you say “loss and damage,” it just rolls off your tongue. You have been at several of these COPs. But the rest of the world, that’s U.N. lingo. Explain exactly what you mean, the gritty facts on the ground, what loss and damage means, and who needs to pay for reparations.

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