The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) takes place from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh under the presidency of Egypt.
Climate change is a critical issue for the African continent. Africa is the continent that contributes the least to greenhouse gas emissions, but is among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
The specific problems of the continent must be placed at the heart of the issues of this African COP. The fight against climate change implies immediate and decisive action, deeply transforming, on the part of all (public actors, private actors and civil society) and the institutions of the West African region are fully mobilised to face it.
COP 27 is an opportunity for West Africa to demonstrate the regional climate leadership of West Africa, and more particularly of the regional institutions, by promoting the climate action of ECOWAS and its regional partner institutions (WADB, WAEMU, CILSS) as well as of its Member States, to advance negotiations in priority areas such as climate finance, adaptation and loss and damage.
The West African region is mobilised to have an impact on COP27. Come and meet the region's representatives on the West Africa pavilion (see FULL PROGRAMME HERE) or in the negotiations by meeting the Regional Climate Negotiations Support Group (GRANIC).
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