Khady Camara, president of environmental activist group Vacances Verte, addresses the crowd at a march in Dakar, Senegal, on Oct. 29, 2022, ahead of the 27th annual U.N. climate conference (COP27) scheduled to take place in Egypt to demand world leaders increase their climate ambitions at the local level, and call on the National Designated Authority to better negotiate for the ecological interests of women in Africa and Senegal. (Guy Peterson / AFP via Getty Images)
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BY SOUPARNA LAHIRI, MAUREEN SANTOS and KWAMI KPONDZO | As world leaders gather for COP27, developed nations and global corporations are using the climate crisis as an opportunity for profiteering, dumping false solutions on the global majority and inflicting devastating consequences on our planet and frontline communities.
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