Glasgow supports climate protests on Global Day of Action

• The climate protest will be held in Glasgow on Saturday, where representatives from nearly 200 countries will meet.
• These protests occurred after Greta Thunberg criticized the COP26 UN austerity summit and called it a “failure.”
• The organizers of the summit, together with the police, expect at least 50,000 demonstrators to appear on the streets of Scotland.

After Greta Thunberg called the austerity UN climate summit a “failure,” Glasgow was preparing for the next day of protests on Saturday, which protesters said lacked the urgency to address global warming.

Organizers and police said that as part of some 200 protests around the world, they expected as many as 50,000 people on the streets of Scottish cities and demanded that immediate action be taken against communities already affected by global heating.

Representatives from nearly 200 countries gathered in Glasgow to discuss how to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting temperature rise to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius.

In the midway stage of the COP26 negotiations, some countries signed a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and respectively reached agreements to phase out coal, terminate foreign fossil fuel funding, and reduce methane.

These commitments were made after a major assessment showing that global carbon dioxide emissions will rebound to pre-pandemic levels in 2021.

Activists were unmoved during Friday’s parade.

Tunberg said:

Prior to Saturday’s parade, security around Glasgow’s blocked city centre had been strengthened, which is expected to attract various groups including Extinction Rebellion.

“Today, thousands of us are marching around the world, demanding immediate and serious action,” said Scottish activist Mikaela Loach (Mikaela Loach).

“We are very clear that enthusiastic rhetoric is not good enough-next week’s talks must see a serious strengthening of specific plans.”

‘Can’t continue today​​’

COP26 negotiations will continue on Saturday, and then be suspended on Sunday, before the upcoming week of shuttle diplomacy fever, as ministers will reach painstaking compromises on some issues.

Countries still need to flesh out how the commitments in the Paris Agreement will work in practice, including the rules governing the carbon market, a common reporting schedule, and transparency.

According to the United Nations, countries enter COP26 with their national climate plans. When these plans come together, the earth will heat up by 2.7C in this century.

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So far, global warming is only 1.1 degrees Celsius, and communities around the world are already facing increasingly serious fires and droughts, displacement and economic destruction caused by global warming.

Brianna Fruean, a Samoan member of the Pacific Climate Warriors, spoke at the World Leaders Summit at the beginning of COP26, saying that it is time for leaders to pay attention to the demands of the protesters.

“It can’t go on like this,” she said.

“We refuse to be victims of this crisis. We are not drowning, we are fighting, and the world will hear our voice on Saturday.”