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Dear John,

We’re on the ground in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt as part of a 60 member It
Takes Roots Frontline delegation made up of Climate Justice Alliance [3],
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance [4], Indigenous Environmental Network
[5], Indigenous Climate Action [6], Just Transition Alliance [7] and The
Black Hive at Movement for Black Lives [8]. We're also working
collaboratively with other organizations such as La Via Campesina and the
World March of Women. Together, we are collectively pushing our demands [9]
for climate reparations, to defend human rights and the rights of
Indigenous peoples, stop false “solutions” such as carbon markets and
geoengineering, and building power at the United Nations Climate Summit,
better known as COP27.

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_Click here to watch and share a 1min video_ [11]_ on instagram by
filmmaker Keenan Rhodes, who is accompanying our delegation. You can also
__find the video here on our COP27 page._ [10]

THE COP27 NEGOTIATIONS SET TO CLOSE TODAY, HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO
SATURDAY. The State Department negotiators, who represent the United States
(US), have surprisingly come out in support of India’s language around
phasing out unabated fossil fuels. Unfortunately, on other fronts, the US
negotiators are continuing their legacy of blocking progress. Their
resistance to the call from the Global South and climate-vulnerable nations
to establish a firm fund to address Loss and Damage and their tired, old,
repackaged carbon trading plan [12] is more business-as-usual climate
window-dressing that won’t move us closer to Climate Justice nor reducing
emissions at their source, which is exactly what we must do to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.

Together with our global allies, the members of the It Takes Roots
delegation here on the ground at COP27 will keep organizing for strong
commitments to Loss and Damage, pushing back against false “solutions”
and imploring parties to answer the call to quickly phase out all dirty
energy — oil, gas, coal and nuclear.

We’ve had the privilege to witness frontline communities and members of
our alliance demonstrate brilliance every day here in Egypt from members
like Valencia Gunder [13]with The Smile Trust [14], to Moneka de Oro [15]
with Micronesia Climate Change Alliance [16] and others, who have gone the
distance, bringing the same power they hold at home with their communities
to this global platform.

Over the past two weeks, we’ve met with policy makers and US members of
Congress, engaged in dozens of panels like Global Grassroots Feminist
Frameworks [17] for Climate Justice and Frontline Solutions to the Climate
Crises [18], along with demonstrations including No More Stolen Relatives
on Stolen Land [19], Action in solidarity with Egypt’s political
prisoners [20] and more!

Stay tuned for a statement from the full It Takes Roots delegation at the
conclusion of COP27 and follow the delegation at #ItTakesRoots

_IN SOLIDARITY FROM EGYPT_,

Bineshi Albert and Monica Atkins

CJA Co-Executive Directors

_Climate Justice Alliance is a member-led organization of 89 urban and
rural frontline communities, organizations and support networks in the
climate justice movement. We work to build real solutions to the climate
crisis through building local, living, regenerative economies while pushing
back against false promises from corporate controlled interests._

Climate Justice Alliance

1960A University Ave
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States


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