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Thousands of climate activists protested in New York over the weekend and continued to do so this Monday to demand the end of fossil fuels ahead of the upcoming Climate Ambition Summit. Protests have taken place in recent days in the Big Apple: on Wednesday, activists protested in front of the headquarters of BlackRock, and on Thursday, in front of the headquarters of Citigroup, institutions that they accuse of financing the fossil industry; In total there were about 30 detainees. Over the weekend there have been climate demonstrations around the world, the largest since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, coinciding with the recent news that this has been the warmest summer at a global level since there are records.
NEW YORK — Thousands of climate activists protested in New York over the weekend and continued to do so this Monday to demand the end of fossil fuels ahead of the next Climate Ambition Summit, with several dozen arrested.
The largest demonstration took place on Sunday in the Midtown area of Manhattan, near the United Nations headquarters, where the UN General Assembly is being held this week, and attendees launched direct criticism of US President Joe Biden. according to local media reports.
Some 75,000 protesters, of all ages and convened by hundreds of organizations, accused Biden of approving new oil and gas projects despite international climate commitments, both with their shouts and with banners and ingenious costumes, ABC 7 New reported. York.
This Monday, under incessant rain, several hundred activists took to the city streets again, this time in the Wall Street area, and blocked the entrance to the Federal Reserve building, leading to a large number of arrests. , the group indicated through X (formerly Twitter) New York Communities for Change.
That organization, with photos and videos, reported that authorities had had to put detainees, including several leaders, in a “mass arrest line” to transport them on police buses, although no figures were available as of early afternoon. .
“Although there is scientific consensus that burning fossil fuels is the main driver of global warming, the 60 largest banks in the world poured $5.5 trillion into the fossil industry since the signing of the Paris Accords,” the group argued in a note this week. Monday.
Protests have taken place in recent days in the Big Apple: on Wednesday, activists protested in front of the headquarters of BlackRock, and on Thursday, in front of the headquarters of Citigroup, institutions that they accuse of financing the fossil industry; In total there were about 30 detainees.
On Friday, more activists protested at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) over the links of its board of directors with the private equity company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a major investor in this industry, which resulted in another 16 arrests.
In that action there were leaders of indigenous tribes affected by fossil energy projects, a group that in recent years has made an effort to appear in New York during the General Assembly to demand measures against the climate crisis, which has a great impact on their historical territories. .
Over the weekend there have been climate demonstrations around the world, the largest since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, coinciding with the recent news that this has been the warmest summer globally on record.
In New York, this Monday the Sustainable Development Goals Summit began at the UN, and on Wednesday there will be the Climate Ambition Summit, in both cases with the objective of evaluating compliance with the Paris Agreements to mitigate the climate crisis.
2023-09-18 23:51:01
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