COP27 Climate Conference
Data shows that fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber almost every national delegation at COP27. Campaigners say that “Those perpetuating the world's fossil fuel addiction should not be allowed through the doors of a climate conference”.
UN chief António Guterres told those attending the COP27 climate summit in Egypt that the world must quickly cooperate to curb global heating or face “collective suicide.”
He also described the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) provisional 2022 State of the Global Climate report as a “chronicle of chaos” because it details the catastrophic speed of a changing climate that is devastating lives and livelihoods on every continent. Since little is being done to eliminate carbon emissions and reduce the likelihood of more climate disasters and extreme weather events around the world, Guterres says there must be a rush to develop early warning systems to prepare before they strike. “We must answer the planet’s distress signal with action — ambitious, credible climate action,” he urged.
Climate Refugees
Latin America’s first residents to be moved by the government due to rising sea levels will soon abandon Panama’s Gardi Sugdub Island as it is slowly engulfed by the Caribbean.
“When the tide goes up, the water enters some houses and the people have to move their belongings to higher ground,” said local teacher Pragnaben Mohan. Students and teachers on the tightly packed small island already have to wade through floodwaters with rubber boots at times. The move to modern homes in the new mainland community of La Barriada late next year has been planned for more than a decade, according to The Wall Street Journal. Three other nearby islands will also soon have to be evacuated
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