Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action will again bring the human face of climate change impacts to a world stage, as the group attends COP27 in Egypt.
President Jo Dodds will be attending the two-week conference alongside global government officials and delegates, as well as representatives from academia, business, media, and climate organisations from around the world.
“Bushfire survivors have experienced first-hand the consequences of climate change,” Ms Dodds said. “I’ll be using my time at COP to make sure that policymakers remember that every degree of warming that we allow will have a direct impact on the number of lives lost due to climate change.”
The focus of this year’s conference will be on firming up previous climate financing commitments, as well developing a new funding scheme for addressing loss and damage from climate change.
“At COP, I’ll be calling for the full damage done to people and their communities by climate change to be accounted for,” Ms Dodds said. “I’ll be sharing the stories of what bushfire survivors have already lost, as well as what so many of us stand to lose – loved ones, our health, workplaces, vital infrastructure, and most importantly, our sense of safety.
“I hope that by sharing these stories on a world stage, policymakers will clearly see the impacts of climate change are already upon us, and they must act quickly to reduce emissions drastically this decade – every second counts.
“Communities are coming together with a great sense of purpose now.”
Ms Dodds attended COP26 in Glasgow last year, where she made global headlines sharing the stories of Australian bushfire survivors.
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