Will climate justice be yet another victim of the energy crisis?

Two people walk along the parched Zayandeh Roud river that no longer runs under the 400-year-old Si-o-seh Pol bridge, in Isfahan, Iran. AP - Vahid Salemi

The energy crisis is weighing down expectations for the Cop27 climate conference – an event it’s hoped will mark a breakthrough in climate justice for developing nations worst hit by global warming.

Much talk is being centred on how host country Egypt, as a middle-income, African and Middle Eastern nation, stands to influence the agenda of the so-called “African Cop”.