Filipina youth activist brings fight for climate finance justice to COP27

Mitzi Jonelle Tan (right) holds a banner during a climate demonstration at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference on Nov 14, 2022. - AFP

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP): A fierce defender of climate voices from the world's developing countries, Mitzi Jonelle Tan has brought her call for climate justice to the COP27 summit in Egypt.

It is the same fight she takes up daily in her native Philippines, where such activism can be dangerous work.