Hundreds protest at COP27 summit in Egypt

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Activists blamed high cost of travel, accommodation and restrictions in the isolated city for limiting numbers of demonstrators

The protesters marched through the conference’s “Blue Zone,” which is considered United Nations territory and governed by the global body’s rules. That has given the activists a bit more space to voice their opinions than in the rest of the country, where Egypt’s authoritarian government essentially bars protests.

“Pay for loss and damage now,” said Friday Nbani, a Nigerian environmental activist who was leading a group of African protesters. Many protesters, alongside several vulnerable countries, have called for “loss and damage” payments, or financing to help pay for climate-related harms, to be central to negotiations. “Africa is crying, and its people are dying,” Nbani said.

On Friday, some activists heckled U.S. President Joe Biden’s speech and raised an orange banner that read, “People vs. Fuels” before being removed. One of the activists, Jacob Johns, had his access to the conference revoked as a result. And what really angered the veteran activist was that Biden mentioned Indigenous knowledge and efforts in his speech.Saturday’s rallies also focused on human and gender rights, with protesters saying both are linked to climate justice and called for an end to a crackdown on rights and environmental activists, especially in developing nations.

 

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Hopefully about the hypocritical leaders who fly all over the place and dine like gluttons while taxing the heck out of citizens and failing to secure energy security for their nation

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