COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world

Lukoye Atwoli, Gregory E. Erhabor, Aiah A. Gbakima, Abraham Haileamlak, Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba, James Kigera, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Bob Mash, Sahar Yassien Mohammad, Joy Muhia, Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi, David Ofori-Adjei, Friday Okonofua, Arash Rashidian, Maha El-Adawy, Siaka Sidibe, Abdelmadjid Snouber, James Tumwine, Paul Yonga, Lilia Zakhama and Chris Zielinski Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College East Africa, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Kenya Chest Unit at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone College of Public Health and Medical Sciences (CPHMS), Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4LE, UK Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, South Africa Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Department of Nursing Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, Ghana Ondo State University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt Health Promotion, WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali Facult e de M edecine d’Oran, University of Oran, Oran, Algeria School of Medicine at Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda CA Medlynks Clinic and Laboratory, Nairobi Fountain Projects, Research Office (FOPRO), Fountain Health Care Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya Tunis El Manar University, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Security Forces Hospital-La Marsa, Cardiology Department, Tunis, Tunisia Centre for Global Health, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK Corresponding author: Chris Zielinski. Email: chris.zielinski@ukhealthalliance.org