Climate Agitators Gather to Create Lasting Change as COP27 Nears
About 400 young climate mobilisers and organisers from across the Global South will be gathering at a “climate justice camp” in Tunisia to strategise and demand an equitable response to the climate crisis from stakeholders.
According to Climate Justice Camp, ithe coalition will host individuals from some of the world’s most disproportionately affected by climate change and will help increase global awareness of the need for systemic change.
It will also go a long way in prioritising an intersectional transition that puts the wellbeing of people and the planet before the profits of corporations.
The Regional Campaigns Manager, Greenpeace Middle East & North Africa, Ahmed El Droubi said: “The least responsible nations and communities are suffering the most from the impacts of the climate emergency, which is further deepening historical injustices.
In November, world leaders will be making decisions in Egypt, which will affect the future of our communities. We in the Global South need to be at the front of this process to apply pressure for real climate action rather than it being another photo opportunity producing empty words and pledges.
“The Climate Justice Camp gives young people from around the world a platform to create connections between climate movements in the Global South, so that we can build essential intersectional capacity to challenge the prevailing narratives of politicians and multinational corporations that seek to preserve the current power structure.”
Tasnim Tayari, I Watch Head of Citizen Engagement stated: “For many Global South communities, access to things like the internet, transportation, and funding which enables groups in other parts of the world to organise as a movement is often limited.
The Climate Justice Camp gives us mass access to a space where we can work together to build a climate conversation centred on the Global South, and continue to remain connected.
“For environmental organisers here in Tunisia and North Africa, the international networks created during the camp will give us invaluable opportunities to share and learn about approaches to climate campaigning in different contexts.
These reflections will be taken back to our communities, fostering broader public engagement on environmental issues.”
Other groups to be represented at Climate Justice Camp are Youth For Climate Tunisia, Earth Hour Tunisia, Climate Action Network (CAN), Powershift Africa, African Youth Commission, Houloul, AVEC, Roots.
