COP28: VOICE members' engagement

COP28, the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December.  

For the first time, at COP 28, there is a platform dedicated to the humanitarian community, the “Humanitarian Hub”, that will host more than 40 events with the objective of showcasing how climate-related disasters affect people in crisis situations and solutions especially at the local level.

As stated in the VOICE Position Paper “The humanitarian NGOs’ perspective on climate resilience”, climate change and environmental degradation have become primary root causes of humanitarian crises around the world, generating food insecurity, water shortages, displacement and threatening livelihoods. Climate change acts as a “threat multiplier” that amplifies existing risks and inequalities in already fragile contexts. This is why the connection between humanitarian and climate is more relevant than ever and it is imperative that a space for humanitarians is in place so they can have their say on the devastating consequences of climate-related disasters.

On this occasion, several VOICE members are active to make sure the voice of humanitarian NGOs is heard in the discussions. Please, find below a list of VOICE members’ statements and events around the COP28:

Ahead of COP28

• Action Against Hunger: Too hot to eat: action against hunger’s call for action on the climate crisis
• CARE: Road to Dubai. COP28 position paper 2023
• IRC: Climate Action for the Epicenter of Crisis: How COP28 Can Address the Injustices Facing Conflict-Affected Communities
• Plan International: COP28 Policy brief: a call to action for intergenerational climate justice
• IRC: What is COP28? Why this year’s climate summit is important
• Welthungerhilfe: International climate policy at a crossroads? Welthungerhilfe expectations of the climate conference in Dubai
• Mission East: Demanding climate justice for marginalised and vulnerable communities
• Diakonie katastrophenhilfe: COP28 Climate Conference – a key advocacy moment for #AnticipatoryAction to address the climate crisis by scaling up early warning and early action
• EU-CORD: EU-CORD Climate Champions – Greening the world beyond COP28
• HI: COP 28: Raising awareness of disability at the Climate Conference
• ActionAid: ActionAid’s Five Climate Justice Benchmarks for COP28

During COP28

• LM International’s event together with Kenya4Resilience, GreenFaith, SMC-Faith in Development and Soka Gakkai International: Faith matters in achieving the global goal on adaptation
• Mission East’s event together with KIRDARC: Stories and realities from the ground: communities suffering from loss and damage in the mountains and lowlands of Nepal
• Secours Islamique France co-organised event: Internal displacement, disasters and climate change: what role for development actors to support durable solutions, and to prevent and respond to loss and damage?
• International Medical Corps Croatia: International Medical Corps and the Threat of Climate Change: Our Response and a Call to Action
• International Medical Corps Croatia: Climate Change Innovation Fund
• Press release about International Medical Corps’ participation at COP28: International Medical Corps Joins Others at COP28 to Offer Solutions to the Health Impacts of Climate Change
• SIF’s intervention  at the at the Water and Climate Pavilion: Boosting water resilience investments: with what support?

After COP28

• CARE International: Landmark agreements but COP28 deal weak on adaptation finance
• Plan International: COP28: Greater ambition needed to secure climate and gender justice
• IRC: COP28 recognized the needs of countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis- must turn words into action
• ActionAid: New COP28 draft on adaptation disappointing
• Oxfam: COP28 outcome misses the mark on justice for the majority of the world
• ACF: COP28 comes to a close: Despite progress, significant gaps remain