After six years, the 2022 climate negotiations (COP27) are now back on the African continent. At this critical time when the world and Africa particularly is battling multiple crises—climate change, economic crisis, and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic—it is time for the global community to prioritize the needs of the region.

Africa has contributed negligibly to climate change but been among the hardest hit by climate impacts. Although a changing climate affects all, women and girls—particularly those marginalised by various systems—bear greater burdens from the impacts of climate change. Despite facing multiple challenges and structural barriers, these groups are leading exceptional work protecting the natural environment, and their unique perspectives and solutions must be centered in climate change policies and processes.

—by Women Gender Constituency Read full story.