Nov 8, 2021 – At halftime in Glasgow, Scotland, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the city alone at the weekend. There is great dissatisfaction with the previous decisions of COP26.

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Last Friday, for Halfway through the COP26, as well as demonstrations took place worldwide on Saturday. Also traveled to the big Fridays for Future demonstration in Glasgow Greta Thunberg a.

What she thinks of the climate conference, she makes very clear in her speech: “It’s no secret that the COP26 is a failure.” She describes the climate summit as the “Greenwashing Festival of the Global North” and thereby emphasizes the general dissatisfaction with the resolutions so far.

Thousands of people took to the streets at the halftime of COP26 not only in Glasgow: There were more than 300 actions planned. Also in Zurich, Geneva and Lausanne on Saturday there was a demonstration against greenwashing at the climate summit.

The resolutions of the climate summit do not go far enough. They demonstrate for more climate justice and stronger goals. Since 1992, when international climate protection started at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, CO2 emissions have continued to rise dramatically by more than 60 percent.

“I understand that, I have children of my own.” Alok Sharma

Alok Sharma, President of the World Climate Conference, expressed sympathy in particular for the anger of the young demonstrators. However, he stressed that the recent pledge gave cause for hope.

For example, the major economies of the G20 have promised not to use public funds to support the construction of coal-fired power plants abroad. In addition, 100 countries joined forces at the World Climate Summit with the aim of stop deforestation by 2030.