The piece argues for cooperation on a global level, and calls for a windfall tax on fossil fuel companies, debt relief for the world's poorest countries and increased spending to tackle the crisis. “This is no time for apathy or complacency” it says. Published today (15 November) by the Guardian and more than 30 other media organisations in over 20 countries, the joint editorial coincides with Cop27’s energy day and other high-level talks, including the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
A number of media outlets across the world have published the leader, including places on the frontline of the crisis, such as India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Jamaica, Canada, Mexico, Africa, Europe and the US.
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief, Guardian News and Media, said: “With Cop27 taking place in Egypt, we wanted to publish an ambitious editorial that highlights how strongly many different news organisations, and our readers, feel about the climate crisis. This joint editorial is a powerful demonstration of how news organisations around the world can come together to collaborate in the public interest.”
Natalie Hanman, head of environment, Guardian News & Media says: “My hope is that in speaking with one voice, we remind people that this is a global crisis, threatening all of us. It’s now imperative that world leaders listen, and act.”
The news organisations taking part:
- Camunda News, Angola
- National Observer, Canada
- El Espectador, Colombia
- Politiken, Denmark
- Libération, France
- Mediapart, France
- Efimerida ton Syntakton, Greece
- Kathimerini, Greece
- Protagon, Greece
- Telex, Hungary
- The Hindu, India
- Tempo, Indonesia
- Irish Examiner, Ireland
- Irish Independent, Ireland
- Haaretz, Israel
- La Repubblica, Italy
- The Gleaner, Jamaica
- Macaranga, Malaysia
- Reforma, Mexico
- Centre for Journalism Innovation & Development, Nigeria
- Rappler, Philippines
- Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
- Público, Portugal
- Mail & Guardian, South Africa
- elDiario.es, Spain
- T&T Guardian, Trinidad and Tobago
- Daily Mirror, UK
- The Guardian, UK
- Covering Climate Now, US
- Miami Herald, US
- The Nation, US
- Rolling Stone, US
- The Environmental Reporting Collective, International
- Pacific Environment Weekly, Pacific
Cop27 follows the Guardian’s fourth annual climate moment, which highlighted a year of impactful Guardian climate journalism, say the publishers, including an updated climate pledge and how the crisis is at the intersection of several other issues facing communities around the world.
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