By: Mandy Park Civil society members from across the world, including from the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP), have held a People’s Plenary themed “Pay Up, Stand Up: Finance Climate Action, Not Genocide” at the COP29 United Nations climate talks. The event ended Friday, 22 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Speaking with one voice, they shared their pain at and condemned incidents of injustice perpetrated by the Global North, including neocolonialism, genocide, and the excessive appetite of Western civilisation for fossil fuels. They affirmed their resolve to stand together…
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