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John -

I’m Aggy Hall, and I lead 350.org’s global campaigns team. Here at the UN
climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, I coordinate the team’s
work and make sure we stick to our campaigning priorities — COPs can be
hectic, so it’s important to stay focused!

I organize and lead our daily early morning briefing and daily evening
debrief. So my day starts early and ends well after dinner — but I don’t
mind, because I get really energized by being among my amazing team. It’s
so rare for all of us from across the world to meet in person.

[1]Here I am on the right, alongside Cansın (on the left) who is part of
my team and heading up our COP27 delegation!

Here I am on the right, alongside Cansın (on the left) who is part of my
team and heading up our COP27 delegation!

Usually, my day at COP starts when I enter the conference center and grab
my daily ECO, a newspaper printed each day of COP by the Climate Action
Network. I love ECO — it’s like reading Lady Whistledown write about
climate negotiations!

[2]Photo of daily ECO, a newspaper printed each day of COP by the Climate
Action Network.

Here's a copy from last week!

So far I have taken part in actions alongside our colleagues from 350.org
South Africa who are organizing to demand transparency in how public money
is used to fund fossil energy projects. I also joined their panel event,
during which my colleagues spoke about the need for local communities to
be consulted and involved in planning their energy future. The right to
decide one’s future is a human right — too often trampled by coal, oil,
and gas development projects.

[3]Here I am in the middle between two of my colleagues at an action
outside of COP27

Here I am in the middle between two of my colleagues at an action outside
of COP27

My hope for this COP — the hope that keeps me going, that keeps me focused
and determined — is that rich global north countries will finally step up
their game and offer real support, and real money, to save what can still
be saved from the worst impacts of the climate crisis — including people’s
rights, livelihoods, and traditions — and to invest in renewables.

I feel grateful that today, and each day of this UN climate conference,
that I can be part of the civil society that keeps raising our voices in
defense of human rights. I hear that call for justice in my Pacific
Islander colleagues’ demand for Loss & Damage finance, and in my African
colleagues’ fight against neocolonial oil and gas extraction projects. In
the demand to free political prisoners of conscience, and in our continued
fight to keep global heating under 1.5ºC.

Thanks for following along!

Aggy Appiah-Hall
Global Campaigns Director
350.org


 




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