TonThousands of people around the world have expressed their need for more climate protection through large-scale protests. As part of the Global Day of Action, thousands of demonstrators marched through the Scottish city of Glasgow on Saturday. World Climate Conference COP26 is held.
Halfway through the meeting, the protesters there were equipped with banners, flags and signs with climate information and raincoats to protect against the British weather, calling for more climate justice for people in poorer parts of the world.
Thousands demonstrate in Amsterdam
When the sky cleared slightly in the afternoon, the organizers of the “COP26 Alliance” spoke of the more than 100,000 participants in the protest march in Scottish cities. The police initially did not provide an estimate of the number of participants. Thousands of people gathered in climate schools in other parts of the world, including Amsterdam and many British cities.
According to the public broadcaster NOS, the organizers of the Amsterdam demonstration spoke of an estimated 40,000 participants, and the police and the city initially did not provide any information. When asked what she was most worried about, a young man said: “It’s very simple. The Netherlands will be completely submerged and the world will be completely destroyed.”
At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, about 200 countries are arguing how to still achieve the limit of global warming to the maximum tolerable 1.5 degrees. The meeting is scheduled to end on November 12. In Glasgow and dozens of other cities around the world, more climate protection demonstrations were also held on Saturday.
“The era of injustice is over”
“System changes, not climate change!” Read the big banner in the protest march in London. Similar news was found elsewhere. Participants chanted one of the most famous slogans of the climate movement: “What do we want? Climate justice! When do we need them? Now!” According to the organizers, more than 300 events are planned worldwide on Saturday.
“The era of injustice is over,” the “COP26 Alliance” wrote on Twitter, which is a network of different organizations and movements. “We need climate protection that is effective for all of us, not just for the richest person in our pocket.”
Many countries, such as Africa, Asia and South America, have felt the climate crisis very strongly-although these countries have much lower emissions than industrialized countries such as Germany and the United States, their contribution to climate change is much smaller. Therefore, The “Friday for the Future” climate movement requires rich countries to do more for the climate and provide sufficient funds so that poorer countries can cope with the consequences of climate change.
Elba Island: Pay more attention to black voices
In response to this, the British actor Idris Elba (“Luther”) called for more consideration of black voices in the climate debate at the climate conference. The 49-year-old Glasgow actor said that if politicians and the media do not include the voices of the African people in public debates, they may miss the “core importance” of the entire continent in resolving the climate crisis. Sustainable food production activities.
Like his wife Sabrina, Elba is also a “goodwill ambassador” of the United Nations Agricultural Development Assistance Fund (IFAD). Like him, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate emphasized that the global South is “at the forefront of climate and supply crises.” But this was not reflected on the front page of the newspaper, she criticized.
Last year, Nakate accused the media of racism because she did not take photos with other famous climate activists, such as Greta Thunberg and Louisa Neubauer It has been cut off. Elba also mentioned this photo taken at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020: The media “not only cut Vanessa, but the entire continent,” he said.
At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, about 200 countries are arguing how to still achieve the limit of global warming to the maximum tolerable 1.5 degrees. The meeting is scheduled to end on November 12.
Thunberg: Green Floating Festival in the North of the World
As early as Friday, thousands of people at a climate college in Glasgow asked the states to speed up their climate protection.Leading climate activist Greta Sandberg The Swedes from Sweden once again expressed their criticism of the meeting in a speech to the demonstrators. She said that this is “a green drifting festival in the north of the world, a two-week celebration of business as usual, etc.”. She should also attend the protests on Saturday.
After a week of climate meetings, Thunberg’s German colleague Luisa Neubauer also achieved a devastating temporary balance. “As expected, a lot of the content revolves around more or less empty speeches,” said Neubauer of the New Osnabrück (Saturday). Executive Development Minister Gerd Müller (CSU) also criticized Glasgow’s achievements so far. “The emerging resolution is not enough to achieve the 1.5 degree goal,” he told the German Editor Network (Saturday).
