Climate ChangeMakers Must Pay the Bill

Participants representing Africa at the COP27 called on those who cause GHG emissionsand the problems that led to climate change to bear the bill for this matter. In a session entitled “Protecting People on the move in the Midst of the Climate crisis”, keynote speaker Namira Negm, Director of the African Migration Observatory in Morocco, said: “Here in COP27, we must not deviate from this goal,” and “We hope to see the human face and the suffering of peoples due to climate change on the agenda of the summit”. Addressing those she considered responsible for this suffering, she believes they must bear the resulting burdens, and pay the bill for their actions to achieve development.