CAN Briefing: Expectations for Pre-COP27

Ministers meet at Pre-COP27 on the backdrop of multiple crises unfolding before our eyes: in the Horn of Africa, communities are facing famine-like conditions, while record-breaking droughts are also witnessed all across Europe, the US, and China where the central Chinese province of Jiangxi has declared a water supply “red alert” for the first time. More than 3 billion people are already living in contexts highly vulnerable to climate impacts and are suffering from multiple intersecting crises compounded by climate change. This happened as one-third of Pakistan is under water from historic floods. We are in an era of Loss and Damage from climate change.
COP27 must be the COP for those vulnerable to the climate crisis to deliver an adequate response. This briefing outlines key expectations for ministers at Pre-COP27 as they identify landing grounds for key negotiation areas of COP27.