After a career as a social activist for Afro-Colombians and climate justice, Francia Márquez Mina decided to run for the vice presidency — and won. Her next goal: getting global superpowers to pay reparations.
COP27 begins in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. A key flashpoint in the next two weeks of negotiations will be how wealthy nations will assist vulnerable countries and communities with the fewest resources in coping with climate change.
At last year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to halt deforestation, phase out fossil fuel subsidies and offer up more climate aid. Following through has been tough.
