The climate summit COP27 wrapped up in Egypt with the #NoClimateJusticeWithoutHumanRights slogan in a country where an estimated 60,000 people are jailed because of political reasons. Human rights and climate change are linked to each other as fundamental rights for health, livelihoods and decent work, adequate housing, and ultimately the right to life itself are…
This year at COP27 official delegations from EECCA countries made statements on green transition and climate justice. During the second week’s ministerial segment, we heard from various leaders of our region. Uzbekistan proposed to organize a regional Climate Council, which will lead the implementation of renewable energy infrastructure in the region. Kyrgyzstan called for climate…
After in a long overdue decision, three decades in the making, all governments at COP27 agreed to set up a Loss and Damage Fund. This is a first step in a process to rectify the systemic injustice to billions of people, particularly in the Global South, who are the least responsible but are on the…
World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday. The head of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres declared that a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to hell”. «Humanity has…
The full-scale war that Russia has started against Ukraine is exacerbating the climate and energy crisis in the world: Russia is blackmailing the world with restrictions on oil and gas supplies, loudly reminding of the need for the rapid energy transition. Right now, the Russians’ missile attacks are destroying the energy structure of Ukraine, leaving…
From 24th of February Russian armed forces used more than 200 thousand explosive devices, and 2130 aircraft bombs detonated. It is estimated that during 7 months of Russian invasion of Ukraine brought into the world around 33 mln tons of GHG emissions. In general, greenhouse gas emissions from operations of the military in peacetime and…
In the Egyptian city of Sharmel-Sheikh, the COP27 climate conference started, which was attended by dozens of leaders of world powers, hundreds of representatives of NGOs, and experts from all over the world. Before the start of the conference, the CAN EECCA, which includes 58 environmental organizations, prepared a commonly agreed position addressed to the…