COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world: Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present and future impacts of climate change.

Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: In the interest of transparency the authors wish to declare the following roles and relationships: J.K. is the Ex-Officio, President and Secretary of the Kenya Orthopedic Association; P.Y. been paid to speak or participate at events by Novartis, bioMerieux and Pfizer; C.Z. is a paid consultant for the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change; J.M. is an unpaid board member of the International Working Group for Health systems strengthening; D.O.-A. has a relationship with GLICO Healthcare Ltd. The authors declare no further conflicts of interest beyond those inherent in the editorial roles listed above.