Campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during COP27

Civil society groups around the world are calling for a global day of action on the climate catastrophe, to urge governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions and shift to a low-carbon economy.

The day of action will take place on Saturday 12 November, at the mid-point of the COP27 UN climate talks, which run from 6 to 18 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, hosted by the Egyptian government.

...Mohamed Adow, the director of the thinktank Power Shift Africa, said: “The COP27 coalition is a space for Africans to take back control of our collective future. Civil society representing hundreds of organisations of millions of people across the continent are stepping up to show what an Africa that puts communities and wellbeing at the centre of its priorities could look like.”