This year’s UN climate talks are being held amid the twin climate and energy crisis. Russia’s attack on Ukraine drove up fossil fuel prices and triggered a new race for dirty energy, in particular the dash for fossil gas in Africa, food insecurity crises in the Global South, unemployment, inflation and spiraling cost of living in many places around the globe.

From the 6th to the 18th of November, people from all over the world are attending COP27 to make it clear that all these crises have the same root cause: fossil fuels.

Here’s how COP27 looks through the eyes of climate campaigners, who came here from every continent, to represent their communities in this crucial fight for peace, food security, and climate justice.