The African Trade Union movement, represented by the ITUC-Africa, organised a Meeting of affiliates from various countries and African representatives of Global Union Federations ahead of COP27, scheduled to take place in Sham El Sheik. The Meeting noted that a much more significant proportion of the world now recognises climate change as an existential threat that the global community must deal with through collectively agreed and individually determined commitments. Moreover, in response to the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries have submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), thus reinforcing the implementation phase of the Paris Agreement. Meanwhile, COP27 takes place on African soil when the world is saddled with a myriad of multiple crises.
