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Within the ADRA network, we aim to bring together different competencies and
strengths in our advocacy working group of European offices. We aim to do our deed; offices in our network have started to move towards net zero, signed the Climate charter, shared our knowledge at the COP26 and COP27, and published the comprehensive Carbon Reduction Guide in 2021. Our projects range from youth empowerment, to livelihoods and disaster risk management. As civil society organization in service to human kind, we want to act on ground, but we also see the bigger system around the catastrophes that hit the poorest, least resilient communities the worst. We want to add our voices to the demands and bring attention to the steps needed to be taken in order to ensure our planet and humanity can recover into a safer, less climate-volatile future.

We call on you as policy makers and influential personalities to take necessary decisions in the upcoming UN Climate Conference.

The industrialized countries, as the historical perpetrators of the climate crisis, must finally step up to promises made. The COP26 has set some course but more steps are needed. With the next climate conference, we should seize this chance of coming together and driving forward combatting the climate crisis. Every step we take now is an insurance for the future. We have formulated three demands.

1. Stronger consideration of civil society actors

We advocate for the civil society actors active on the ground and fighting for the lives and livelihoods of the most targeted by climate crisis be given considerably more space at the table. In this, particularly disadvantaged and underrepresented actors should be more actively involved in the implementation of climate protection and adaptation measures, especially if they are directly affected by the measures. Woman and other marginalized groups are particularly affected as climate change exacerbates existing vulnerabilities and inequalities. Female- led and inclusive movements should be given special consideration in funding and in decision-making. Governments all over the world should continuously allow peaceful protests, and to refrain from arbitrary arrests or other reprisals against people exercising their human rights - even beyond the end of the negotiations. We hope that decision-making level will continue to actively seek out the collaboration and council of civil society actors. We as ADRA network offer our expertise in future discussions. In our projects, we prioritize people as experts of their own lives. We need to work together and listen to each other to make the contributions that will bring us forward. We call to strengthen current transformative education to combat climate change at all levels and to make sufficient resources available for this purpose.

2. More focus on Loss and Damage

The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows: The climate crisis is claiming human lives, destroying the environment, causing economic costs, exacerbating conflicts and endangering human rights. We highly welcome that the Egyptian government has announced that Loss and Damage will be in greater focus this COP. The commitment of international civil society towards this topic stays strong. The Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage is a first step and at the same time a minimum consensus of COP26. International financing falls far short of the developing countries' demand for a concrete financing mechanism and of what is needed. Without clear milestones, the dialogue cannot lead to concrete results. People who are hit hardest by slow and sudden onsets should receive quick and sustainable relief in order to rebuild their homes and lives better. Those local communities and actors should be in lead when it comes to designing and implementing loss and damage programs as it is the basis for any Climate Change action. Adaptation is important - but the first step is immediate support.