Sign Now: Global Youth Demands for the Bonn Climate Conference - Global Citizen
Sign Now: Global Youth Demands for the Bonn Climate Conference
The impacts of climate change affect us all, but it’s those who have contributed the least in greenhouse gas emissions that are on the front lines of the crisis. Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are tearing homes apart, displacing people, and pushing millions into poverty.
At last year's COP 27 Summit, countries pledged to establish a fund for addressing the impacts of climate change – known as "loss and damage." However, without immediate action to operationalize the fund and prioritize loss and damage in global climate decision making, these promises will be nothing more than empty rhetoric.
We now have a critical opportunity to make a difference. Decision makers are convening at the Bonn Climate Change Conference to shape the agenda for the upcoming COP 28 Summit.
The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition, representing over 800 members from 70 countries, has put forth ten demands to ensure the Bonn Conference delivers outcomes for climate justice and loss and damage. Join Global Citizen in signing their open letter and lend your voice to this urgent call for action.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate diplomacy
Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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