COP 27 press releases and media advisories

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Press conf. COP27: ending meat/dairy impact on biodiversity loss & climate

TAPP Coalition
Declaration of Sharm El Sheikh: The commitment of the hospitality industry on the path of action of 1.5 °C Hostelería #PorElClima

Africa could prevent 880,000 deaths per year by taking action on air pollution and climate change - Report

Global assessment reveals huge potential of peatlands as a climate solution

UNEP
The role of public transport increases in COP27 initiatives International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
Faith leaders urgently call for increased ambition in closing days of COP27 ACT Alliance
International celebrities, academics and business leaders call on world leaders at COP27 to end factory farming Compassion in World Farming
At COP27: The Transport Decarbonisation Alliance unveils Call to Action to focus international community on the urgent need for active mobility Transport Decarbonisation Alliance

COP27: Urgent Need to Measure Health in Climate Progress Plans Say Health Orgs

Global Climate and Health Alliance
Home Alliance Says No to 'Removals' and Geoengineerns in UNFCCC Article 6.4 Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance (HOME)

 

COP27 Cover Decision Must Reflect the Urgent Need to Phase Out All Fossil Fuels and Center Human Rights

Center for International Environmental
Friday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27! World Health Organization
National Geographic to screen Angolan Film “Kwando” in Green Zone at COP27 National Geographic
Fossil Free Zones - new global climate action framework launched at COP27 Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO)
Promoting green and blue growth innovation in the Mediterranean: adopting circular economy strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Interreg MED Programme

 

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DCJ Press Conference: Stakes are high at COP27 - vulnerable countries in real danger of going home empty handed

Demand Climate Justice
Friends of the Earth International’s closing analysis on COP27 Friends of the Earth International
World Bank Announces New Blue Economy Financing Program for African Countries World Bank

COP27: Health Organizations Issue Stern Demand for Loss and Damage Fund

Global Climate and Health Alliance
Thursday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27! World Health Organization
Biodiversity Day: regional leaders of the world stress the need to jointly address climate and biodiversity crises (English | Español) Regions4

Simple tree restoration method could provide up to 25% greenhouse gas emission reduction by 2030

World Vision

Press Conference: Women Leaders Discuss Ways to Shape a Healthy and Equitable Future

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

WFP, UK, Germany and World Bank come together to expand risk financing for communities vulnerable to climate shocks

New consortium to support disaster risk insurance and finance solutions for smallholder farmers in Central America

World Food Programme

UN launches challenge for cities to harness the power of nature for cooling UNEP
Improving diabetic outcomes using whole food plant-based nutrition in South Africa: A pilot multiple-case study ProVeg South Africa

Climate change is the biggest global threat, young people in Africa and Europe tell EIB, Debating Africa and Debating Europe

EIB
A phase out of fossil fuels must be combined with scaled up climate finance for a just transition ACT Alliance
The State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2021 report will be released at 0700 GMT (0900 EET) on Thursday 18 November 2022. WMO
Climate Law & Governance Initiative (CLGI) 2022 – Highlights & Outcomes Statement Climate Law and Governance Initiative 
Blue Planet Alliance and Peace Boat to Hold Press Conference at COP27 on November 16th to Announce New Island Partners and Collaborations for the UN Sustainable Development Goals Blue Planet Alliance and Peace Boat
DanChurchAid takes historical responsibility for its emissions, and turns the past into action DanChurchAid

N0CO2: Carbon Credits are transforming Nature Based

N0CO2: Plant Trees and Stop Global Warming

Saving Our Planet
Clean Energy Industries Urge U.S. to Keep Ambition High and Build Partnerships to Meet Climate and Adaption Goals at COP 27 Business Council for Sustainable Energy

Shortage of engineers is threatening climate action

FIDIC
Mediterranean biodiversity challenges: acting against marine litter Interreg MED Programme

Climate leaders call for ‘Paris Agreement’ for nature in Montreal imperative to reach 1.5C goal 

Paris Agreement Champions

Invitation: Low carbon and resilient infrastructure: Opportunities and Challenges for mainstreaming climate actions

Invitation: Carbon reduction strategies in international development

Invitation: Nature-based infrastructure: Challenges and opportunities to achieve the SDGs and Paris Agreement goals

UNOPS

 

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World Bank Raises NOK 5 Billion Sustainable Development Bond While Highlighting Biodiversity

World Bank
Sustainable Energy and Low Carbon Transition----Cases from State Grid Corporation of China and China Liaoning Emission Exchange All-China Environment Federation

Joint work programme of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism launched at COP27

Ministers from 40+ countries join forces for the 2022 Climate and Clean Air Ministerial

UNEP

We need more private investments in adaptation in developing countries

DanChurchAid

News Advisory: Soil4Climate at COP27: Regenerative Grazing is a Climate Solution 

Soil4Climate
Wednesday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27! World Health Organization
Transport Decarbonisation Alliance releases report on six innovative approaches to vehicle charging infrastructure worldwide Transport Decarbonisation Alliance
Fossil Free Zones - new bottom-up global climate action framework launches Thursday 11 a.m. Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO)

A Spotlight on Natural Climate Solutions: Scaling Land Restoration to Benefit People and Nature - Panel discussion and report launch 

World Vision
Kick Big Polluters out of COP27: Stop Savage Extraction

Génération climat Montréal

Fossils Out Day Press Conference and Action: Phase out Fossil Fuels to keep at 1.5 Alive

350
Climate Alliance presents children’s efforts to UN Climate Secretariat at COP27 Climate Alliance
Environmental impact of animal farming ProVeg International and Plant Based News

Rights of Nature: A Renewed Vision and Solution to the Climate Crisis and Threats to Biodiversity

Frontline Women Leaders Advocate for Climate Justice and Urgent Climate Action

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

Launch of the Multi-Faith/Multi-Sector Alliance for Climate Action (MFSA) at COP27

Call from voices of faith around the world to COP27

ACT Alliance
Week 2- Friends of the Earth International outlook on Loss & Damage, Adaptation and US government interventions Friends of the Earth International 
Media advisory National Geographic Society

 

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Closing the climate finance gap by taxing meat?

TAPP Coalition
Media Advisory: No More Stolen Relatives on Stolen Lands; Global Indigenous Leaders Organize for MMIWG2S+ at COP27 Indigenous Climate Action, Indigenous Environmental Network
Washington State joins international alliance to shift transportation away from fossil fuels Transport Decarbonisation Alliance
UITP report shows how public transport stimulates healthy low carbon cities International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

Interviews Avail: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration as a solution to climate change: Low cost, scalable, re-greening of degraded landscapes (Africa, Australia) – English and French

World Vision
Conferencia de prensa HOY: América Latina exige justicia climática, 16:30 Egypt, sala de conferencias de prensa Luxor, Campaña Global para Exigir Justicia Climática Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice

Tuesday's health and climate event highlights at COP27!

World Health Organization
Scientists and journalists from the Euro-Mediterranean region to discuss the scientific climate change storytelling Union for the Mediterranean
Blue Planet Alliance and Peace Boat to Hold Press Conference at COP27 on November 14th to Announce New Island Partners and 2022 Success Against Global Climate Crisis Blue Planet Alliance

Media Advisory: At COP27, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and Fairtrade present Accelerating Climate Adaptation in Agriculture

Fairtrade International
Nov 15 Side Event Giving Voice to the Youth of Faith

Soka Gakkai International - UK (SGI-UK)

COP27: EIB Global and AllianzGI announce $100 million for renewable energy projects

COP27: EIB presents framework to support environmental sustainability

EIB
Together Towards Green Efficient Buildings & Appliances in the Mediterranean, meetMED Contributes to COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh meetMED Programme

Gender skit at COP27: Building a pyramid of images

A long way to go at COP27

ACT Alliance

 

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U,S. Conference of Mayors to Host Three Panels at COP27

United States Conference of Mayors

Adapt or starve: Press conference with IFAD Goodwill Ambassador Sabrina Dhowre Elba at COP 27

IFAD
In Race to Reach Net-Zero, 15 Companies Approach Science-Based Targets Through Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (Supplier LoCT) Guidehouse/ Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (Supplier LoCT)
Launch of ReBoot Food campaign: How world's protein can be produced on area of land smaller than London ProVeg International and RePlanet 

GCF IIU to launch integrity-led civil society partnership in COP27 side event

Green Climate Fund (GCF) Independent Integrity Unit (IIU)
Future resilient and sustainable food systems: scaling up plant-based innovation and cellular agriculture ProVeg International
Koronivia's Future: The role of diet shift ProVeg International, WWF and Food4Climate Partners
State of Climate in Asia 2021 WMO
COP27: UN report shows pathways to carbon-neutrality in “energy intensive” steel, chemicals and cement industries UNECE
Who Is Financing Fossil Fuel Expansion in Africa? A New Report by Urgewald & Partners Urgewald e.V.
Press release NOAH ReGen
Gender-oriented Climate Action is a must: what can be done Union for the Mediterranean
Saturday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27! World Health Organization
UN announces high-tech, satellite-based global methane detection system UNEP

COP27: Call for UNFCCC and UN to Recognise Fish as “Carbon Engineers”

Our fish

Celebrating children’s voices as we keep the faith at COP27

World Vision International

230 groups, businesses, academics and politicians urge COP27 and world leaders to negotiate a Plant Based Treaty

Vegan protest launched at COP27 entrance in response to meat and dairy greenwashing

The Save Movement

Blue Planet Alliance Press Conference at COP27 on November 14 Will Honor Island Nations That Have Committed To Transitioning To 100% Renewable Energy by 2045

Blue Planet Alliance 
CIHEAM Highlights Pathways for More Sustainable and Inclusive Mediterranean Food Systems at COP27 CIHEAM
Presentation of the Climate change performance index 2023 Germanwatch

Press Conference 12 November @ 10am (Egypt time), COP27: Launch of major new celebrity-backed global movement calling for UN action to transform global food system, and the release of international polling results

Compassion in World Farming
Invitation: launch of new report on inclusive infrastructure for climate action. UNOPS
Tourism climate action plans in the Mediterranean: a vision for the future Interreg MED Programme
Launch of new global guidelines for clarity on net zero action at COP27 Our 2050 World

COP27 Side Event: Building a Fair Carbon Food System  

COP27 Side Event: Money Where it Matters: Driving climate finance to achieve human and environmental rights

Fairtrade

 

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UN to support the new Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate Initiative

UNECE

Mothers make heart-felt plea to leaders to put Kids First at COP27 climate summit

Our Kids' Climate and Parents For Future

11 November - COP27 Health Highlights

Friday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27!

World Health Organization
The potential of wastewater reuse and use of non-conventional water resources: follow event by EU-funded ‘ENI CBC Med’ Programme at COP27 ENI CBC Med Programme
World Bank Group Events for Nov. 11 at COP27 World Bank Group
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty makes a splash at COP27 with endorsement of Tuvalu country The Save Movement
Sustainable diets: fostering a just transition towards resilient food systems ProVeg International, A Well-Fed World, Good Food Institute, FAIRR, Brighter Green, Compassion in World Farming and Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection
IBM teams up to help accelerate clean energy transition for vulnerable populations IBM
Regions of the world have detected 177 climate impacts over the past two years (English | Español) Regions4

Synergy between biodiversity conservation and tackling climate change - voices from scientist and youth groups of China (English | Chinese)


 
All-China Environment Federation

Delegates explore needed solidarity and justice dimensions at COP 27

BIC
Press Conference Invitation: Peace Boat Ecoship Peaceboat

COP27 Side Event: Fish are Carbon Engineers

Ourfish
COP27 Side Event: Low Hanging Fruit – Reducing Shipping Black Carbon Emissions This Decade Cleanarctic

Media Advisory: Indigenous Rights and Sovereignty: Moving Beyond Carbon Markets and Other False Solutions

Indigenous Climate Action

Invitation: Keynote address by UNSG Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake 

New report calls for inclusive infrastructure in responding to climate crisis

UNOPS

Climate finance skit at COP27: Detectives hunting for climate finance

Ecumenical partners' COP27 side event on adaptation finance November 11

ACT Alliance  
World Bank Group Events for Nov. 10 at COP27 World Bank Group

 

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Futures Labs @COP27: Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Transforming the Health Care Sector Health Care Without Harm
Media invite NCM
Press release NOAH ReGen

Tanzanian child advocate is equipped and ready for COP27

Urban youth survey reveals air pollution biggest concern

World Vision International

COP27: UNECE presents UN-approved system for natural resources management to support low-carbon transition

UNECE

COP27: EU Policymakers Challenged to Unlock Ocean's Fish Carbon Puzzle

Our Fish
CO2 emissions from buildings and construction hit new high, leaving sector off track to decarbonize by 2050: UN UNEP
Invitation: event on the importance of convening multi-stakeholder partnerships for climate action. UNOPS
Thursday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27! World Health Organization
Mediterranean Pavilion’s highlights at COP27: know the top discussions Union for the Mediterranean
IFC Study: $100 Billion of Climate Change Adaptation Investment Opportunities in Africa by 2040 International Finance Corporation (IFC)
The State of Women in the Future of Food and Alternative Proteins Proveg

Systematic Observations Financing Facility Media Invitation and Press release 

WMO
Press Conference and Q&A: Plant Based Treaty calls for a Soil Treaty as necessary climate action The Save Movement
Low Hanging Fruit: Reducing Shipping Black Carbon Emissions This Decade Cleanarctic
US$ 1,000,000 to Honor Winners of Prince Talal Prize in “Climate Action” during COP27 AGFUND
Press release Climatetrace

 

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ARA launches innovative approach to funding adaptation Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA)

UNECE @ COP27: Strengthened cooperation between countries key to successful climate change actions and ensuring water security

UNECE
Climate finance skit at COP27: Join the wedding between climate finance and political will for Loss & Damage ACT Alliance  

EIB, EBRD and the UfM with the political support from the European Commission to set up a new Blue Mediterranean Partnership

Press briefing Mediterranean Pavilion activities and inaugural event

Union for the Mediterranean
COP27 Med pavilion: meet the interreg med communities Interreg MED Programme
Civil society responds to early HLS on fossil fuels at COP27 start

fossil fuel non proliferation treaty

Wednesday’s health and climate event highlights at COP27! World Health Organization
Study: As U.S. Electricity Capacity Grows up to 5X to Achieve Net-Zero, Optionality is Critical EPRI

600+ Women & Gender Advocates Launch Demands for Climate Justice Ahead of COP2

Women & Gender Constituency

Climate TRACE To Release Detailed Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the Largest Facility-Level Sources of Emissions Worldwide

Climate TRACE
Signing of a memorandum between Mauritania and The Major BP in the field of hydrogen production and export Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania

EBRD, the EIB and the UfM with the political support from the European Commission to set up a new Blue Mediterranean Partnership

Climate education: EIB launches animated movie and learning materials package for children

EIB and Endesa sign a new credit line of sustainable financing for €250 million to boost the modernisation of distribution networks

EIB at COP27:  EIB and the Colombian government commit to supporting energy transition

Terna: EIB provides €1.9 billion in financing for Tyrrhenian link

European Investment Bank (EIB)
Press Conference: National Dietary Guidelines - time to promote healthy, plant-rich diets - ProVeg International ProVeg International
Build the Future: join UNOPS at COP27 UNOPS

Calling fashion stakeholders: new consultation set to define holistic and concrete targets for a net-positive industry

UNEP

COP27 report calls for international investments of $1 trillion annually by 2030 in climate action in developing countries

LSE

IFC at COP27World’s First Biodiversity Finance Guide Offers Investors Blueprint to Protect NatureIFC’s First Green Kangaroo Bond Raises 900 Million Australian Dollars for Climate-Friendly Projects

International Finance Corporation (IFC)
EU-funded ‘ENI CBC Med’ Programme joins first-ever “Mediterranean Pavilion” at United Nations’ Climate Change Conference ‘COP27’ ENI CBC Med Programme

Media Advisory: Addressing the climate emergency through innovative storytelling – arts and culture for climate action

UNU-EHS

Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance with support from Global Partner United Nations Human Rights, Launches Human Rights Climate Commitments and Global Summit. Right Here, Right Now Celebrity Coalition including Leonardo DiCaprio backs United Nations Human Rights COP27 goals in urgent appeal to world leaders.

Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance

Action Declaration on Climate Policy Engagement: Press Kit

Corporate Knights

 

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COP27: Letter to the leaders of the world from the Students of the University for Peace Students of the UN-mandated University for Peace
Interreg MED Programme Interreg MED at COP27
Health care climate action gains momentum from COP26 to COP27 Health Care Without Harm
Press invitation: Climate, the Mediterranean hotspot Union for the Mediterranean
COP27 must create a climate agreement that protects 80% of the Amazon by 2025, Indigenous leaders, researchers and environmental organizations urge Amazonia for Life: protect 80% by 2025 Initiative
Partanna partners with Government of Bahamas on world’s first carbon-negative housing development Partanna

EIB and Community of Madrid agree €372 million in financing to extend line 11 of Madrid metro

European Investment Bank (EIB)

National Geographic Society leaders and National Geographic Explorers to offer a broad programme of events in week one of COP27.

National Geographic Society
Leonardo DiCaprio, Quincy Jones, Cher, Annie Lennox, Ellen DeGeneres, Edward Norton, Jack Black, LL Cool J, and more back UN Human Rights-supported Global Climate Alliance in urgent appeal to world leaders. Human Rights Climate Commitments and Global Summit to be announced. Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance

Water and Climate Coalition at COP27

WMO
#MultilevelActionDelivers: City and Regional Leaders Call for Multilevel Action and Financing to Respond to the Climate Emergency at UNFCCC COP27 Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Press conference: To curb deforestation in the Amazon, new public indicator evaluates social and environmental policies of Brazilian slaughterhouses and retailers Instituto O Mundo Que Queremos

What do faith leaders want from world leaders for climate justice?

ACT Alliance
Media Advisory: Tuesday’s health and climate highlights at COP27! World Health Organization

Press briefing Mediterranean Pavilion activities and inaugural event

Union for the Mediterranean
WMO/UNSG Early Warnings for All Action Plan WMO

Joint press release ECOWAS, BOAD, UEMOA, CILSS: West Africa’s Expectations for COP27, 04 Nov, 2022 (English | Français)

ECOWAS

Press kit: West Africa region mobilises for climate at COP27 (English | Français)

ECOWAS

EIB and partners call for ‘urgent action’ at COP27 climate talks to enshrine gender equality into climate finance

European Investment Bank (EIB)
World Trade Organization events open to media - 8 Nov World Trade Organization
Media Advisory - UNICEF @ COP27 UNICEF 

COP27 & Health: World Leaders Must Deliver Plans for Fossil fuel Phase-out & Climate Finance

Global Climate and Health Alliance

 

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Governments can't do this on their own at COP27 Climate Outreach
Food emissions are on the COP27 agenda, but will the Parties follow the IPCC science and negotiate a plant-based food transition this decade? The Save Movement
Climate and Ecosystem Scientists and a new film outline urgent action to restore climate and planet Foundation for Climate Restoration; Transmediavision; Scientists Warning Europe 

Methane Removal: On the Critical Path to Avoiding 0.6 degrees of Warming by 2050

Methane Action

President Ramaphosa to participate at the Climate World Leaders Summit in Egypt

The Presidency, Republic of South Africa
Reminder: Press Conference of World Trade Organization on 7 Nov World Trade Organization
Invitation - The Future of Housing in The Caribbean, a press conference hosted by Partanna Partanna
#MultilevelActionDelivers: City and Regional Leaders Call for Multilevel Action and Financing to Respond to the Climate Emergency at UNFCCC COP27 Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Majority of young Europeans think rich countries should pay compensation for climate change, study finds Climate Outreach
Press Dossier Mediterranean Pavilion at COP27 Union for the Mediterranean

OHCHR Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance Press Conference Announcing Human Rights Climate Commitments and Global Summit

Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance
“Amazonia for Life: Protect 80% by 2025” Initiative Amazonia Against the Clock
State of the global climate 2022 World Meteorological Organization
WHO Press Release: Health must be front and centre in the COP27 climate change negotiations World Health Organization
Harnessing Climate and SDG Synergies UN DESA
Press Conference on the Official Launch of the Global Offshore Wind Alliance International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

 

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