Introduction

Every year, the UN holds a meeting attended by nearly 200 countries which try to come up with a climate plan that might pull us back from the brink of a calamity. This meeting is called COP (Council of the Parties). Last year, it was in Glasgow Scotland where well over 100,000 activists from around the world demonstrated on the streets demanding change.

This year, however, COP was held in a tourist resort in Egypt, a country ruled by an authoritarian government which suppresses dissent. Activism was significantly decreased, and over 600 lobbyists from the oil and gas industries registered to attend - a number greater than attendees from any single country. Here are some of the biggest stories from COP27.

COP27 Report:

A Win for Climate Reparations,

But A Loss for Our Future

The Guardian: What are the key outcomes of Cop27 climate summit?

Democracy Now: U.N. Climate Summit Agrees to Historic Loss and Damage Fund But Rejects Calls to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Democracy Now: Uganda's Vanessa Nakate Condemns Fossil Fuel Lobbying at U.N. Climate Talks as Global Warming Devastates Africa

The Guardian Editorial: Our Leaders Had a Final Chance to Halt Climate Breakdown. They Failed Each and Every One of Us

Truthout: Greenwashing Governments and Oil Companies Turned COP27 Into a Climate Disaster

Other News

Truthout: Hakeem Jeffries, Favored to Succeed Pelosi as Leader of the Democratic Caucus, Has History of Hostility Toward the Left

Common Dreams: Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Yet Congress Poised to Approve $847 Billion Budget

What We’re Doing and How You Can Help

The Texas Drought Project was formed in the fall of 2008 when we worked on the first big US climate bill called Waxman-Markey. In the following years, we did much-need climate education and then a series of large successful campaigns.

In the wake of COP26 in Glasgow, we have made a strong push to get people to call, write, and email targeted Texas Democrats in hopes of pushing them and Biden to act boldly for the climate.

We need only $2500 per month to sustain this critical push to our last best chance for a safe future. Any donation of $50 will be doubled and any donation of $100 or more will be tripled!