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Emma Watson hosted a panel on Thursday at the conference at the New York Times Climate Hub at SWG3 which was attended by Greta Thunberg.
When asked by Watson what it would take for the climate summit to be a success, Thunberg replied: “What would be considered a success would be if people realise what a failure this COP is”.
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COP26 RECAP: Youth activists protest in Glasgow | Barack Obama to arrive in Glasgow next week | Glasgow summit ‘most excluding cop ever’ says Thunberg
Iceberg brought to COP26 by climate scientists and actor Rainn Wilson
Climate scientists have brought an iceberg and glacial meltwater from Greenland to COP26 in Glasgow with the help of The Office actor Rainn Wilson.
Arctic Basecamp said they shipped the four ton block of ice, originally part of a larger glacier, as a visible reminder of the scale of the climate crisis.
It was brought to the global conference alongside 1,000 litres of glacial meltwater, which will be given out in bottles at COP26 sites.
The water was collected from the fjords of Greenland and bottled in Scotland.
The campaigners said it would serve as an “ice-cold bottled warning” to world leaders of the dangers from climate change.
The Office actor Rainn Wilson has backed the project and will speak virtually at the iceberg, which is located next to the COP26 venue.
A video message from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is played to the audience during the CBI COP26 international Business Dinner during the COP26 summit in Glasgow
Charles says accepting invite to COP26 protest would be ‘difficult’
The Prince of Wales has been invited to join Greta Thunberg and thousands of activists on a climate change march through Glasgow, but said taking part would be “difficult”.
Charles sympathised with the “frustration” of the younger generation in a speech to Cop26 negotiators, and he told them the “weight of history” is resting on their shoulders.
The heir to the throne met more than a hundred heads of delegations, ministers and officials to urge on their efforts and he sympathised with their plight saying the talks had probably cost them time to eat and sleep.
Young protesters have given up school due to climate urgency, says activist
A number of young people have become “full-time activists” against climate change, giving up education and work, due to the urgency of the crisis, one of the leading protesters has said.
Evelyn Acham, a Ugandan activist with the Rise Up movement in Africa, said the issue had spurred young people to abandon other parts of their lives to focus on pushing for action.
Ms Acham was speaking ahead of tens of thousands of young people taking to the streets of Glasgow in a bid to pressure world leaders to ensure firm action is taken as a result of COP26.
Doctors for Extinction Rebellion protest by staging a ‘die in’ outside JP Morgan
At 9am on Friday, Doctors for Extinction Rebellion staged a ‘die in’ outside JP Morgan on Waterloo Street, Glasgow, whilst holding banners that say ‘Cause of Death: Fossil Fuel Finance’ and ‘JP Morgan: World’s leading investor in fossil fuels’.
They read out a letter to CEO Jamie Dimon calling for JP Morgan Chase to refuse finance to companies who continue to plan new fossil fuel projects and to align with the ‘Net Zero by 2050’ framework produced by the International Energy Agency.
Then they will join the Climate Strike march led by Fridays for Future at 11am nearby.
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