People in Glasgow and elsewhere in the world protest against UN Climate Summit decisions

People in Glasgow and elsewhere in the world are protesting against the decisions of the UN Climate SummitRihards Plūme00:00 / 02:49

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Hundreds of different measures are being taken or are planned around the world on Saturday 6 November to demand a reduction in the use of fossil fuels and to provide immediate assistance to communities already affected by climate change. The first protests began on Saturday in Australia, the Philippines and Thailand. Hundreds of people also took to the streets of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, demanding immediate action to help those already affected by climate change.

Demonstrations take place in European countries such as Germany, Sweden, France, the Netherlands and elsewhere. More than 100 events are also taking place in the UK.

In Glasgow, where the UN Climate Conference COP26 began almost a week ago, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets with posters, flags, in various costumes and singing various slogans and singing. Their total number could reach 100,000 at the end of the day. Security in Glasgow has increased and many shops in the city center have closed.

People started gathering at the summit venue in the morning, chanting the slogan “Our planet is attacked, fight back!”.

“This is a conscious choice by world leaders to allow the continued use of people and nature, as well as the destruction of future living conditions. This conference has turned into a PR event where politicians make beautiful speeches and make fictional commitments, while in reality climate change, “commented a protester.

The protesters will once again be addressed by the popular activist Greta Tunberg, who emphasized to the people who had met in Glasgow the day before that the summit in Scotland was a failure. She added that emissions need to be reduced immediately and drastically.

Other well-known climate activists have already spoken in Glasgow. Named the last and most urgent summit in a decades-long diplomatic process aimed at finding effective solutions to combat climate change.

One of the decisions taken at the summit is cessation of deforestation. More than 100 countries have promised to end this practice by 2030. However, critics have already warned that similar promises made in the past have not been effective.

In turn, more than 80 countries have joined the United States and the European Union, committing to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

The summit in Glasgow will continue until November 12. Diplomats and scientists will continue the talks on Saturday, but there will be no talks on Sunday. The most difficult negotiations are expected in the new week, when national ministers will show their diplomatic skills in the negotiations.

CONTEXT:

Leading climate scientists warn that the world has very little time left to prevent a global environmental catastrophe. However, many countries are still not ready to take serious steps to reduce CO2 emissions.

As the world warms, extreme weather events, such as droughts, heat waves, heavy rains and floods, are becoming more frequent. It has a huge impact on the human, animal and plant worlds.

Scientists warn that unless carbon emissions are reduced and temperature rises prevented, people will suffer even more severe consequences, as we have seen, for example, this summer in floods in Germany or uncontrolled forest fires in much of the world.

World leaders gather at the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow to try to agree on action to tackle climate change. The first day of the conference was full of speeches with harsh warnings about the need for urgent action.

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