{"id":162,"date":"2022-10-21T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T08:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/?p=162"},"modified":"2022-10-30T02:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T02:27:29","slug":"activism-the-cop27-is-africas-cop-but-is-it-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/2022\/10\/21\/activism-the-cop27-is-africas-cop-but-is-it-really\/","title":{"rendered":"#Activism The COP27 is Africa&#8217;s COP, but is it really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<p>Dear readers,<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">it is awfully hot this year in Malawi and though my biggest fear right now may be a sunburn, many Malawians are scared about an extremely dry season, floods, and therefore a bad harvest. The soil is cracking, dry, and hard as stone, and the rainy season is still some months ahead of us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I know you feel for the people in Malawi (empathy is a beautiful thing isn\u2019t it) but you might also ask yourself what this heat and drought have to do with online activism. In the case of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cop27.eg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">United Nations Climate Change Conference 27<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, it unfortunately has everything to do with online activism. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-203\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Banner-Nathalie-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Banner-Nathalie-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Banner-Nathalie-421x292.png 421w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Banner-Nathalie.png 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young people&#8217;s call for the government to take immediate steps to address the climate emergency in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 24, 2022\u00a0(Source: Nardus Engelbrecht\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COP 27 is called the African Cop not only because it will take place in Egypt which obviously is Africa, but also because African countries are highly affected by Climate Change. It is no surprise that many organisations (grassroots as much as bigger ones) aim to be part of the discussions during the COP. Sounds good in theory, doesn&#8217;t it? Well, sadly it\u2019s in theory only. First of all Egypt&#8217;s government like in many other African countries is standing on shaky pillars, far from what is considered to be a stable democracy according to western standards. It is therefore no surprise, that protests are banned in Egypt and many<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/78c54f80-9c39-4c93-bb05-6571b597d534\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> activists fear promises made by the government to allow protests will turn out empty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Another reason why it only sounds good in theory is because the reality for many African climate activists looks very different. Weeks before the actual conference, I stumbled over an article by the Guardian with the worrisome title:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/oct\/06\/cop27-african-activists-climate-crisis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d\u2018I have a voice\u2019: African activists struggle to attend UN climate talks in Egypt.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYet just over 20% of grassroots activists have secured accreditation, and only a handful have funding to cover expenses such as travel, accommodation, and visas, according to a coalition of African youth climate leaders. With just over a month to go before negotiations open and affordable hotels in short supply, the coalition, which includes the youth groups Fridays for Futures and Riseup in Africa, conducted the survey to review progress.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/oct\/06\/cop27-african-activists-climate-crisis\">Guardian)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For many young African climate activists attending the COP in person will be a dream put on hold this year. But let\u2019s be honest, it was the same story last year for many activists based in Africa and if things aren&#8217;t drastically changing, it will be the same situation next year. As much as this sounds frustrating and is highly unfair it highlights the enormous importance of online activism for the African Youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-163\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-3.3-237x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-3.3-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-3.3-276x350.png 276w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-3.3.png 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Fridays for Future crowdfunding appeal on Twitter (Source: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fridays4future\/status\/1581970794766209024?s=20&amp;t=RRamCEhkkTO5hd3xSzt0Gg\">The youth group Fridays for Future is launching a crowdfunding campaign for activists from the global south<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Coca-Cola sponsorship of the COP27<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Egypt announced Coca-Cola (alias plastic polluter and water waster number 1) as the official sponsor of the COP27 outrage amongst young climate activists in Africa (and all over the world) was enormous. Twitter blew up with tweets about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketing-interactive.com\/coca-cola-s-sponsorship-of-cop27-slammed-for-greenwashing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">greenwashing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, petitions, and podcasts on how disturbing such a sponsorship would be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-2.2-300x247.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-2.2-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-2.2-425x350.png 425w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-2.2.png 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of a user&#8217;s appeal to remove Coca-Cola as the sponsors of COP27 (Source: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-165 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-4.4-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-4.4-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-4.4-430x350.png 430w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-4.4.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of a user asking the question of why Coca-Cola is sponsoring COP27 (Source: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find Jennifer&#8217;s tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dzennypha\/status\/1576183827005079552?s=20&amp;t=tSx9wZTFBTnrmVV8xFr-vQ\">here<\/a> and listen to The Climate Talks Podcast<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adebotes\/status\/1575739787998158848?s=20&amp;t=tSx9wZTFBTnrmVV8xFr-vQ\"> here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In case some of you are now inspired to start a social media campaign around the COP<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.agency\/cop-digital-comms-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here is an interesting read on how to do it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>But what about Malawi?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I know some of you were wondering what my friend Simeon (if the name doesn&#8217;t ring a bell make sure to read my last blog <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/2022\/10\/04\/introducing-nathalie\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is doing about the COP. I shall not leave you in the dark. He is currently supporting a Malawian Youth and Children Climate Justice Caravan to raise awareness towards the COP and to cycle for children&#8217;s rights in Malawi. Because as exciting as the COP itself is, there is the first-ever National children&#8217;s summit on climate change happening in Malawi righ<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t now! But this is a topic for another blog \ud83d\ude09\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-5.5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-5.5.png 459w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-5.5-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/10\/Nathi-5.5-255x350.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Simeon&#8217;s campaign about Malawi Youth and Children&#8217;s Climate Justice Caravan (Source: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As much as he isn&#8217;t the founder of the campaign he is a big supporter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let me know what you\u2019re thinking about the underrepresentation of African Youth at the COP27 (or shall I say COP in general?) and what potential you see in digital activism. Also, don&#8217;t forget to sign the petition against Coca-Cola becoming the sponsor of this year&#8217;s COP<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/remove-coca-cola-as-sponsors-of-cop27-cop27?recruiter=false&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_message&amp;recruited_by_id=42275020-4182-11ed-9d91-df275e144d93\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for reading to the end and I look forward to lively discussions directly on the post\u2019s \u201cComments\u201d section as well as on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100086593593644\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewMediaAct?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Escreen-name%3ANewMediaAct%7Ctwcon%5Es2\">Twitter<\/a>. What do you think it terms of the COP27 being Africa&#8217;s? Is Africa&#8217;s Youth underrepresented at the COP27?\u00a0And what is something you feel was missing in the analysis? I\u2019m eager to know and to broaden my horizons. Thank you in advance for the engagement!<br \/>\n\u201cRead\u201d you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers, it is awfully hot this year in Malawi and though my biggest fear right now may be a sunburn, many Malawians are scared about an extremely dry season, floods, and therefore a bad harvest. 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