COP27: American Advocates Grapple With the U.S.'s Climate Impact
, November 14, 2022, 9:10am, Newsdesk
As the world’s eyes turn to Egypt for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending to the Chronicle daily dispatches from the conference.
It can be jarring for American advocates who are used to representing marginalized communities in the U.S. to find themselves in positions of relative privilege in the global space, as Regina Banks, Director of the California Lutheran Office of Public Policy, explains.
Follow Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light's continuing coverage from COP27.
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