Building on the success of COP26 recommendations, we hosted Mock COP27. This was a two day meeting that was held on the 3rd and 4th of October 2022 under the theme: “Youth, Gender, and Future Generations”. The meeting majorly focused on increasing participation for young women in climate negotiations.
The meeting brought together 52 young people (32 females and 25 males) from different parts of the country that included Karamoja, West Nile, Kasese, Sebei, Bugisu, Busoga, Buganda among others. Priority was given to delegates from disaster prone areas and regions that recently suffered from extreme weather events such as floods, landslides, and drought.
COP 27: The 12 initiatives to follow for climate action in Africa
[March 2024] The annual UNFCCC COPs are crucial for advancing climate negotiations and assessing parties’ implementation of the UNFCCC. This note examines the key initiatives announced at COP27, which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2022 under the presidency of Egypt.
Analysis note by the Observatory of Climate Action in Africa
Each year, the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are key meetings for advancing climate negotiations, examining the implementation of the UNFCCC by the parties, and adopting the decisions necessary to achieve the objectives set. It is also a good time for new international cooperation initiatives to be launched or announced, particularly in the framework of the action agenda (Marrakech Partnership, Race to Zero, etc.) for non-state actors.
Taking a look back at the major initiatives announced at COP27, organized under the presidency of Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2022, this note aims to present the most important initiatives that were identified.
Buganda among others. Priority was given to delegates from disaster prone areas and regions that recently suffered from extreme weather events such as floods, landslides, and drought.
Participants shared challenges faced while addressing climate change, how climate change affects their communities, community
based climate actions and discussed actions and steps that need to be taken by world leaders at COP27 negotiations in Egypt.
At the end of the two days, recommendations were adopted and compiled into a report that was shared to policy makers. Four representatives were selected to present the report at COP27 in Egypt.
