Posts Tagged "COP27 Delegation"

The COP27 report from the KAIROS and FLC delegation is out now!

April 3, 2023

A report on the KAIROS / For the Love of Creation delegation to COP27 is now available. The report from this 10-person delegation framed around decolonizing climate action details key outcomes impacts on public engagement in Canada, media coverage, lessons…

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COP27 may be over but the delegates’ voices continue

December 19, 2022

It’s a few weeks since I returned from COP27, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where I accompanied the KAIROS Canada and For the Love of Creation delegation. Delegates included Indigenous partners and youth from Turtle Island, and KAIROS Women, Peace…

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How my trip to Egypt for COP27 brought me a deeper connection to my land, my culture and myself

December 1, 2022

I wasn’t sure COP27 was for me, until key experiences showed me I belonged. I have never been good at saying no. So when I heard of an opportunity to attend this fall’s UN COP27 climate summit, I jumped at…

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Event

Voices from COP27 | Voix de la COP27 | Voces de la COP27

Le français à suivre Espagnol à suivre KAIROS and For the Love of Creation co-sponsored a delegation to COP27, the United Nations international climate conference. Join us online for a conversation with the delegates just after they return from Egypt….

On the role of women in climate justice

November 29, 2022

En español Climate change is a phenomenon that catastrophically affects all of humanity. This world cannot bear any more extractivism and excesses of our lifestyle. And it is also a crisis scenario that acts in a differentiated way on Global…

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SOBRE EL ROL ESENCIAL DE LAS MUJERES EN LA JUSTICIA CLIMATICA

November 29, 2022

In English El cambio climático es un fenómeno que afecta a toda la humanidad de una manera catastrófica. Este mundo no puede soportar más extractivismo y excesos de nuestro estilo de vida. Y también es un escenario de crisis que…

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Our messages were loud and clear at COP27: KAIROS

November 28, 2022

Re: “Little to celebrate so far from Canada’s COP27 attendance,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 16, editorial). Global summits are what participants make them, and who participates in them, too. I have just returned from COP27, where I accompanied a 10-member…

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10 days. 40,000 attendees. Youth might have a seat at the table, maybe?

November 24, 2022

Let me start off by saying that as a youth delegate, I was incredibly privileged to be included on this COP27 delegation. Youth voices have been negated continuously and for too long, and I was honoured to have my perspective…

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The first of many beginnings

November 22, 2022

As COP27 was my first COP, I had so much to learn, and I did – from the diverse cultures, making new friends and learning the latest ideas. For people all over the globe to convene and find solutions to…

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BLOG DIA “SOLUCIONES”– 17 noviembre 2022

November 21, 2022

El jueves 17 de noviembre fue el día llamado de las “soluciones” de la Conferencia de las Partes de la CMNUCC -COP27- en Sharm El Sheikh. Sin embargo, al terminar el día, el texto borrador en proceso de negociación había…

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Climate Action Network Canada weighs in on COP27

November 21, 2022

As the dust settles on COP27, held in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, the Climate Action Network-Canada (CAN-Rac) offers its assessment on the climate conference’s outcomes through the following press release, which quotes Radia Mbengue, KAIROS’ Global Partnership Coordinator: Africa and Climate…

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Las Mujeres en la COP27

November 18, 2022

Leia em inglês aqui Este año en la versión número 27 de la Conferencia de las Partes, se estableció por primera vez el día del género, el 14 de noviembre. En materia de participación de la mujer mucho ha cambiado…

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Women at COP27

November 18, 2022

Read it in Spanish here This year, in the 27th Conference of the Parties, a gender day was established for the first time on November 14. In terms of women’s participation, much has changed since the first COP in 1995,…

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Tous pour une réponse adéquate aux changements climatiques

November 16, 2022

C’est depuis le jeudi 10 novembre que je participe aux activités de la COP 27.  Un grand évènement mondial qui réunit les acteurs politiques, les scientifiques, les chercheurs, et les acteurs de la société civile du monde entier. La COP27…

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Event

KAIROS presents – COP27 Event – Global South Perspectives on Climate Justice, Peace and Conflict, and Gender Equality at the Canadian Pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Co-sponsored by KAIROS Canada and the Equality Fund, this event will highlight how governments and the private sector can collaborate with civil society in a decolonial and feminist approach to peace and climate justice action. NOTE: Times are in Cairo,…

Centering Indigenous history and leadership in climate action

November 14, 2022

Hearing stories of colonization from those whose land and people have also been colonized in other parts of the world was, for me, particularly salient in offering a KAIROS Blanket Exercise at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. It’s important to remember…

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A COP of many firsts but of mounting Indigenous determination

November 14, 2022

It’s my first time coming to Egypt, my first time to be stranded for one night in another country, my first time to attend a big UN conference, and everything is an overwhelming day to day of excitement and discovery….

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The urgent need to include youth in climate change decision-making

November 12, 2022

Participating in COP27 is a unique opportunity to learn more about others living in the same world. It has been an honour to meet with the rest of the delegation face-to-face and to share ideas, experiences, and stories. It is…

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Arriving at COP27

November 10, 2022

After a long day of travel, I am ready to take on COP27, although I am cautiously optimistic and mindful about what will actually come out of my experience. Before my departure I did a live interview that touched on…

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KAIROS présente à la COP27 son activité des couvertures et un événement sur l’égalité des sexes, les conflits et le climat

November 8, 2022

Le 12 novembre, en Égypte, KAIROS organise l’activité des couvertures et, en collaboration avec le Fonds Égalité, un événement parallèle intitulé Le point de vue des pays du Sud sur la justice climatique, les conflits, la paix et l’égalité des sexes,…

Post filed in: COP27, Ecological Justice, En français

The delegation to COP27 begins

November 8, 2022

The KAIROS and For Love of Creation Delegation begins! On November 9, delegates arrive in Sharm El Sheikh Egypt from across the Global South – South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Bank, Colombia, Ghana, Ecuador and the Philippines-…

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KAIROS brings to COP27 its Blanket Exercise and an event on gender, conflict & climate

November 8, 2022

In Egypt, KAIROS leads a Blanket Exercise on November 12, and partners with Equality Fund on Global South Perspectives on Climate Justice, Peace and Conflict, and Gender Equality, an event in the Canadian Pavilion, November 16  (Ottawa: Unceded Algonquin Territory)…

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Une délégation de partenaires autochtones, jeunesse et femmes du Canada et du Sud se rend à la COP27

October 31, 2022

KAIROS et Pour l’amour de la création envoient 10 délégués en Égypte pour demander que leurs voix soient entendues Ottawa (territoire algonquin non cédé), le 26 octobre 2022. – KAIROS et Pour l’amour de la Création (FLC) envoient 10 délégués à la Conférence…

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Indigenous, youth and women delegates from Canada and Global South head to COP27

October 31, 2022

KAIROS and For the Love of Creation are sending 10 delegates to Egypt to demand their voices be heard (Ottawa: Unceded Algonquin Territory) – KAIROS and For the Love of Creation (FLC) are sending 10 delegates to the United Nations…

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Spotlight on COP27 delegates from Canada and Global South, November 3

October 27, 2022

KAIROS and For the Love of Creation’s 10-member delegation featured in 2-hour webinar to amplify their message to have a seat at climate decision-making tables (Ottawa: Unceded Algonquin Territory) – KAIROS and For the Love of Creation are co-sponsoring Voices…

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The road to COP27 has begun. Listen to delegates on the KAIROS/ For Love of Creation Delegation

October 4, 2022

KAIROS and For Love of Creation (FLC) are organizing a delegation of Global Women, Peace and Security and Solidarity partners and Indigenous partners and youth from Canada to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) which takes place in Sharm…

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Introducing Tia Kennedy, youth delegate

September 22, 2022

Meet Tia Kennedy. She is one of the KAIROS/For the Love of Creation youth delegates in COP 27 delegation. Tia is from the Oneida Nation of The Thames and Walpole Island First Nation. She has recently begun working for the…

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Introducing Yusra Shafi, youth delegate

September 22, 2022

Let’s meet Yusra Shafi – a KAIROS/For the Love of Creation youth delegate in the COP 27 delegation. She is an international student at the University of Toronto, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Environment & Behaviour. Her heritage…

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