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THE 2022 UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE OR CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES OF THE UNFCCC

With climate scientists warning that the planet is on the brink of disaster, never has harmful emissions been a threat to the wellbeing of the global community as it is now. Global temperatures are on the rise, weather patterns are changing, and some experts are suggesting the planet has already passed several tipping points. Scientific consensus has confirmed that excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere have put the global community in the predicament that it is in today. For this reason, COP27 currently comes as a key opportunity for strategists and experts to not only have an open discussion on decarbonization, energy transition, and policy-making, but to unite humanity for one essential purpose, survival. Though the global community shares the same objective, approaches may vary and the interests of various countries, organizations, parties, stakeholders or investors may conflict, and this is where COP27 comes in to finetune the energy transition to serve the good of everyone. As energy transition comes to positively change the way humanity lives, it should never have any negative impact on the economic growth, development, and prosperity of any nation, community, or region. This year COP27 is not only a discussion about emissions, energy and scientific principles, but it is also a conversation about justice since justice is indeed the foundational principle upon which a fair energy transition should be built.

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