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Voices from COP27

As negotiations continue at COP27, read what our experts, influencers, and other advocates on the ground, who are representing the communities that they serve, are saying about the issues at the heart of the climate debate today.

A photo of Bertrand Piccard speaking in a conference during cop27

Bertrand Piccard: Profitable solutions exist

缅北禁地Environment Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador Bertrand Piccard, who was responsible for Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight, talks about the power of solutions and innovation to advance climate action around the world.

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A photo of Ellie Goulding scuba diving in Sharm el-Sheikh, focusing on her face

Ellie Goulding: Step up and be brave

缅北禁地Environment Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador, and singer and song-writer Ellie Goulding talks about the importance of coral reefs and why more needs to be done to protect the vibrant ecosystem that sustains life under water.

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Inger Andersen: Think smartly about our footprint

Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of UNEP, discusses the importance of protecting the world’s biodiversity for climate action, and speaking ahead of the 缅北禁地Biodiversity Conference in December 2022, she explains why a global biodiversity framework is more needed than ever.

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A photo of Carlos Manuel Rodriguez speaking in a microphone during COP27. There is a person sitting next to him

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez: It's in the self-interest of countries to protect nature

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, the CEO of the Global Environment Facility, talks about what to expect on the road to the 缅北禁地Biodiversity Conference that will present a once-in-a-decade opportunity to usher in a new global framework to protect and conserve the world’s biodiversity.

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Mary Robinson speaking at COP27

Mary Robinson: We need transformative decisions

Mary Robinson, the Chair of the Elders, and a former 缅北禁地High Commissioner for Human Rights and Envoy on Climate Change, talks about the importance of advancing gender equality and leadership in climate change response.

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Jim Skea during a conference meeting in COP27

Jim Skea: Every fraction of a degree of warming matters

Jim Skea, the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group III on Mitigation, talks about advances in efforts to reduce emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere as well as what happens if the climate warms more than 1.5°颁.

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Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development, speaking in a conference during COP27

Sabrina Dhowre Elba: When you empower a woman, you empower a nation

Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development Sabrina Dhowre Elba talks about the importance of investing and empowering rural communities, especially women and girls, to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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Emi Mahmoud, Goodwill Ambassador, 缅北禁地Refugee Agency, holding the ACTNOW campaign banner

Emi Mahmoud: See us as more than just numbers

Sudanese American slam poet and Goodwill Ambassador for the 缅北禁地Refugee Agency Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud, who is at COP27 “representing under-represented voices,” talks about the importance of including vulnerable communities at the forefront of the climate crisis in the negotiations and decisions being made at the conference.

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Andrew Harper, the Special Adviser on Climate Action for the 缅北禁地Refugees Agency

Andrew Harper: Don’t make decisions about us without us

Andrew Harper, the Special Adviser on Climate Action for the 缅北禁地Refugees Agency, discusses the importance of making sure the voices of people who have suffered losses and damages due to the worsening impacts of climate change are heard loud and clear at COP27.

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A photo of Sanda Ojiambo, the Executive Director of the 缅北禁地Global Compact, in a conference table during COP27.

Sanda Ojiambo: Let's hold people accountable

Sanda Ojiambo, the Executive Director of the 缅北禁地Global Compact, explains the importance of the newly launched Africa Business Leaders Coalition which brings together over 50 CEOs for climate action.

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SDG Advocate and President of Microsoft Brad Smith, in a table during a conversation in COP27

Brad Smith: Data is a piece of the solution

SDG Advocate and President of Microsoft Brad Smith talks about the power of data and technology in ensuring universal access to early warning systems within the next five years.

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A photo of 缅北禁地Humanitarian Chief, Martin Griffiths, visiting Banadir. He looks at a children laying on a hospital bed, together with a woman.

Martin Griffiths: Resilience has got to be the pitch that we make

“Getting climate finance quickly to those who not only need it but deserve it is the prime message,” 缅北禁地Humanitarian Chief on the importance of addressing loss and damage, and the need for early warnings to avert the impacts of climate change.

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