COP26 live updates: Tens of thousands expected at climate justice march
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Saturday is the big protest day at the COP26 climate summit. Friday’s student protests brought about 25,000 people into the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. But Saturday’s protests will include a larger range of groups, and the city is expecting tens of thousands of demonstrators, even in the rain and wind.
Here’s what to know
Environmental organizations, national trade unions, Indigenous leaders from the Amazon, Black Lives Matter protesters and Scottish independence groups are among those participating in the march.Friday’s protests were peaceful, but police are preparing for organized “disruptions” on Saturday.Inside the conference center, the theme of the day is climate-change solutions having to do with nature and land use.
Glasgow police prepare for bigger crowds and potential confrontations
Police Scotland is expecting 50,000 people at Saturday’s protests.
“We will be there to maintain the safety of the public and participants and to protect the rights of people who wish to peacefully protest or to counter-protest,” Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie said in a statement. “These rights are always balanced against the rights of the wider community.”
Friday’s student protests were peaceful and family friendly, with dogs tagging along and kids holding crayoned signs. Ritchie said police “enjoyed engaging with young people” and were largely able to stay in the background.
For the whole first week of the summit, he said, “there have been fewer than 20 arrests made, most for disorder type offenses.”
But Saturday’s protests could be different. Not only are more people expected, raising potential issues about crowd control, but some of the groups involved are known for provocative demonstrations. Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion, in particular. A couple Extinction Rebellion protesters were arrested on Wednesday for spraying police officers with paint. Activist group Stay Grounded is also planning disruptions at British airports on Saturday.
For the demonstration in Glasgow, Richie urged: “If you’re going to a march, please act responsibly, be respectful in your actions.”
Young people took to the streets outside the global climate summit on Friday to voice their impatience with world leaders. We asked these kids how they defined climate change. Here’s what they said.
Masses of kids skipped school on Nov. 5 to attend youth protests led by Greta Thunberg outside the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. (Casey Silvestri/The Washington Post)
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Young activists held the world’s attention with Friday’s march
Masses of young people took to the streets outside the global climate summit on Friday to voice their impatience, frustration and even disdain for the older generation of leaders and emitters who set the world on a trajectory of catastrophic warming — and don’t have the courage to save the planet now.
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg led the charge, in a “Fridays for Future” student demonstration of young adults and children who came out with their parents. There was a family-friendly atmosphere, with pets along for the march and protest signs lettered in crayons. Organizers said 25,000 people attended.
The day presented a powerful reality check: Kids, representing the future, were on the march, while the old guard — including former vice president Al Gore, 73, and U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry, 77 — were inside the hall with negotiators, expressing guarded optimism that more progress was being made than thought possible just a few weeks ago.
In contrast to the hopeful attitudes expressed by global leaders that progress was being made, Thunberg had no kind words for COP26, decrying it as “a global north greenwash festival.”
“It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure,” Thunberg told the crowd at George Square. “It should be obvious that we cannot solve a crisis with the same methods that got us into it in the first place.”
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