Declaration of the African Caravans for Climate Justice ahead of COP 27

The Declaration of the African Caravans for Climate Justice, issued by community movements, civil society, and youth organizations from over 23 African countries, outlines demands for climate justice ahead of COP27. The document calls for increased grant-based adaptation financing, sovereign debt relief, the establishment of a loss and damage financing mechanism, and the protection of community land rights and agroecology to support vulnerable populations, particularly women and youth.

• The signatories argue that colonialism is a primary driver of climate change and that achieving climate and gender justice requires addressing inequalities in leadership, decision-making, and access to resources, goods, and services.
• Climate change is severely impacting African communities through heat waves, droughts, forest fires, and floods, with particularly acute effects on resource-poor groups and women who depend on local ecological resources and agriculture.
• The document criticizes current climate finance as being over-reported and overly reliant on debt instruments and carbon offsets, which the authors claim greenwash the actions of polluters and increase the debt burden on African countries.
• The declaration demands that rich countries meet the $100 billion annual pledge for 2020-2025, increase grant-based adaptation financing over loans, and establish a sovereign debt relief mechanism to achieve climate justice.
• The signatories call for the immediate cessation of new investments in nuclear power and fossil fuels, alongside the promotion of peasant agroecology and the securing of community lands to ensure food sovereignty.

APA

Natural Justice (n.d.). Declaration of the African Caravans for Climate Justice ahead of COP 27. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EN-decalaration-caravane.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. Declaration of the African Caravans for Climate Justice ahead of COP 27. n.d. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EN-decalaration-caravane.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{naturaljusticenddeclaration, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Declaration of the African Caravans for Climate Justice ahead of COP 27}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EN-decalaration-caravane.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }