The Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC/COP27 is the official name of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. It will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to November 18, 2022. Over 90 chiefs of State and ambassadors from 190 nations are anticipated to participate. It will be presided over by the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry. Since the 1992 signing of the first UN climate agreement, the meeting has been conducted yearly. It helps governments reach a consensus on measures to control global temperature increases and prepare for climate change effects.
No More Waiting – Practical Action at COP27 is Here
For the 7th year running, Practical Action has attended the UN Climate Change Conference as an authorized spectator. The crew is in Sharm el-Sheikh for COP27 to ensure that the communities they work with at the forefront of climate change are at the centre of the discussion. It is to show off the remedies that are currently accessible and to put together the ideal group of shareholders to scale them up. They have collaborated with people, administration, civil society, and the commercial sectors for decades to bring change from the local to the national and global levels.
Where can you find Practical Action at COP27?
Developing Climate Resilience Via Weather and Climate Services is a Science-Based Adaptive Mechanism
Leading experts will be at a roundtable discussion organized by the UK govt. To discuss how clime and weather services might help with climate adaptation. Dharam Uprety, Practical Action’s Thematic Lead for Climate and Resilience at Practical Action Nepal, provides his knowledge of early warning systems, catastrophe risk mitigation, and local responsiveness. He will discuss how Practical Action’s decades-long work in Nepal creating a community-centred system for early warning has impacted society.
How Can Youth Business Ideas for Climate Justice be Scaled Up?
Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice 2022 is a diverse, hybrid, and collaborative event that brings together those who care deeply about environmental justice in industries, administration, and civil society. The organizers of this workshop include the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Change by Degrees, Harvard Kennedy School, and Injaaz Egypt. It will examine the valuable solutions that aspiring young entrepreneurs are creating to assist disadvantaged people in adapting to and reducing the hazards associated with climate change. Director of West Africa Edwin Obiero is facilitating a discussion on potential answers and strategies for overcoming implementation difficulties.
Humanitarian Action: Functions and Limitations in the Face of Increasing Losses and Damages
A few have been done to address climate-related losses and damages. The national and international humanitarian response mechanisms are already overburdened and underfunded. The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is organizing a side event for the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change that will draw on the knowledge and research of Practical action and other alliance partners.
Highlighting Sustainable Living Success Stories: African Lessons
Muna Eltahir, the director of the programs of their region’s Sudan, will participate in a conversation on ways that corporations and organizations can hasten sustainable development in Africa.
Rishi Sunak, the present Prime Minister of the UK, declared he would not participate in COP27 Climate Change Summit. However, on November 2, Sunak changed his mind and declared he would go. Additionally present are Nicola Sturgeon, the first Minister of Scotland, and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil would go to the summit after winning the presidential election in 2022.
