Click here to watch and share a 1min video on instagram by filmmaker Keenan Rhodes, who is accompanying our delegation. You can also find the video here on our COP27 page.

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 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 with The Smile Trust, to Moneka de Oro with Micronesia Climate Change Alliance 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 for Climate Justice and Frontline Solutions to the Climate Crises, along with demonstrations including No More Stolen Relatives on Stolen Land, Action in solidarity with Egypt’s political prisoners 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.