Poster on the wall of a Glasgow Faculty, near the entrance to Kelvingrove Park. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 31 October 2021."Climate Strike - #UprootTheSystem - COP26 One Last Chance - 5 Nov Meet at 11am at Kelvingrove Park" Members of Fridays For Future at the end of the bridge next to the entrance to COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Fridays For Future Climate Strike march.
- "Free Choice" "Don't be lazy, save our planet" "It's not the right Amazon that dies" "There is no Planet B"
- "School strike for the climate". The gentleman, who told us he was a Swedish teacher, has been carrying an identical message to the one on Greta Thunberg's sign since she began her Friday school strike outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018. She is the founder of the Fridays For Future (or Youth for Climate) movement.
In the distance the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Climate Strike March organised by Fridays For Future.
This green symbol is the symbol of the fight against Ecocide (it looks like the peace symbol but inverted). COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, start of the Climate Strike Walk organised by Fridays For Future (the young people who go on school strike every Friday). COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, the start of the climate demonstration organised by the youth of Fridays For Future. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, start of the Climate Strike march organised by Fridays For Future (the young people who go on school strike every Friday). The main demand: Climate Justice. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021."7 years 259 days 13:03:44 - 43,500,000 km2 of land protected by Indigenous Peoples" "a clock that counts down the critical time to reach zero emissions (our "deadline"), while tracking our progress on key solution pathways (the "lifelines")." See on the website: https://climateclock.world/
In Kelvingrove Park, the Fridays For Future Scotland climate protest starts. They are joined by youth activists from around the world and indigenous peoples demanding their land back. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- "Land back! There is no climate future without indigenous peoples".
- "Bolsonaro out!" It is under the presidency of Brazilian head of state Jair Bolsonaro that fires in the Amazon forest have been multiplied.
In Kelvingrove Park, the Fridays For Future Scotland climate protest begins. They are joined by youth activists from around the world and indigenous peoples demanding their land back. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, the start of the climate demonstration organised by Fridays For Future Scotland. In the procession, indigenous peoples demanding respect for their territories. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Fridays For Future Scotland's Climate Strike march starts in Kelvingrove Park. In the procession, indigenous peoples demanding respect for their territories. Behind these Latin American women, Tibetan flags. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021."Free public transport - Fighting poverty, pollution and congestion - Scottish Socialist Party.org" At the Fridays For Future march, organised by young climate activists to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Press and photographers at the Climate Strike March organised by young climate activists, Fridays For Future, to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- Today I am missing out on my education because you have ignored the facts. One land, one chance"
- "I haven't seen a polar bear... but I'd like - 38 degrees" "It's getting hotter here so take action!" "#Scottish Wildlife #Endangered #Together for our planet - Be the change, nature needs you to be" "Go vegan"
Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- My future is on Earth"
- #GrandparentsforFuture
Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Striking workers in the procession of the Fridays For Future climate protest. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Climate protest march organised by Fridays For Future youth to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Fridays For Future march. This blue cordon marks out a section of the march where Greta Thunberg (the young Swedish woman behind the movement) can blend in and where no press professionals are tolerated; held by the young demonstrators, it protects her from the onslaught of onlookers and journalists (which infuriates the latter). COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Young Greta Thunberg, in the middle of the procession of the climate demonstration organised by Fridays For Future (a global movement she initiated following her sit-ins every Friday in front of the Swedish Parliament with her sign: "School Strike for Climate" from August 2018). COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Press photographers or simple spectators of the Climate Strike March organised by the young climate activists of the Fridays For Future Scotland movement. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Greta Thunberg (in dark grey) in the middle of the procession of the climate demonstration organised by Fridays For Future (a global movement she initiated following her sit-ins every Friday in front of the Swedish Parliament with her sign: 'School Climate Strike' from August 2018). Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Greta Thunberg in the procession of the Fridays For Future March, FFF or Youth for Climate, a movement she initiated. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- Photographers from the Fridays For Future march.
- In the middle of the march, Greta Thunberg, the initiator of the FFF or Youth for Climate movement. In the background, a blue flag with the hourglass of Extinction Rebellion (XR), an international civil disobedience movement fighting against ecological collapse and climate change.
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.Fridays For Future march.
- Starting from Kelvingrove Park, the procession of around 8,000 people reaches George Square.
- The planet's 'third pole' is melting..."
The protesters' banner explains that Tibet is home to the planet's "third pole" whose glaciers are also threatened with melting due to global warming. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- Fanfare in the procession of the Fridays For Future march organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26.
- George Square where the Fridays For Future march arrived. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.George Square where the Fridays For Future march arrived. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.George Square where the Fridays For Future march arrived with around 8,000 people. In the background, the Glasgow City Chambers or Glasgow City Council. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.George Square where the Fridays For Future march arrived. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Glasgow's central square, George Square, where the Fridays For Future march arrived. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In George Square, Latin American Indians and Tibet supporters speak out following the Fridays For Future Scotland climate protest. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.In Glasgow's central square, George Square, Greta Thunberg waits for her turn at the back of the stage where speeches are being made following the climate demonstration organised by Fridays For Future (a global movement she initiated following her sit-ins every Friday outside the Swedish Parliament with her sign: 'School Strike for Climate' from August 2018). COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- Surrounded by her young colleagues who protect her from the onlookers and the photographers' lenses, Greta Thunberg waits for her turn to go up on the sound stage to give her speech.
- In George Square, Greta Thunberg is speaking, following the climate protest organised by Fridays For Future (a global movement she initiated following her sit-ins every Friday in front of the Swedish Parliament with her sign: "School Strike for Climate" from August 2018): "It's no secret that COP26 is a failure.
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.- In George Square behind the stage where the speeches take place, demonstrators dressed as politicians "Bolsonaro, Morrison, Murdoch, Putin" pass by with chains on their wrists and a sign saying "Criminals".
- In George Square, outside Glasgow City Chambers, after the speeches following the Fridays For Future Scotland climate protest march.
The march was marked by the following slogans: "#Foodrevolution" (against malnutrition) "Less meat Less heat ANP" (Animal Welfare Party)
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.COP26 TV programme from a pub. On screen: "Climate protests - Greta Thunberg joins activists in London - Today, thousands have gathered around the world" COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 31 October 2021.Posters on the streets of Glasgow during COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.On the window of a fast food shop, posters for the People's Summit, the counter-summit to COP26. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 5 November 2021.At the entrance to Kelvingrove Park, a banner left behind after the Youth Climate March. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - November 2021."Socialism or extinction -YCL" (Young Communist League - Peace, Jobs and Socialism in our Lifetime!)
In Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Global Climate March procession organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Global Climate March march. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Before the start of the Global Climate March procession in Kelvingrove Park. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Kelvingrove Park, start of the Global Climate March procession. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Global Climate March procession. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Here are some activists from "RSPB" (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).
In Kelvingrove Park, before the start of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Kelvingrove Park, departure of the Global Climate March procession. In the background the Kelvingrove Museum. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Kelvingrove Park, start of the Global Climate March with the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America leading the procession. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.On the edge of Kelvingrove Park, the start of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26.
"Eating our way to extinction - Don't allow our leaders to cop out - #Meatcopout" COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.On the outskirts of Kelvingrove Park where the Global Climate March started, police secure the route of the demonstration. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.- "Fuck RWE" RWE is the company (the German electricity company RWE) that we already documented during the reportage in Germany in 2017 (see report "COP23").
- "Save the Amazon - Bolsonaro out!" It is under the presidency of Brazilian head of state Jair Bolsonaro that the fires in the Amazon forest have been multiplied.
Demonstrators showing their support for the Global Climate March. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."Save the planet - enough of the blah blah blah. Wording taken from Greta Thunberg's speech in Milan in September 2021: "thirty years of blah blah blah" from world leaders and "betrayal of current and future generations".
Despite the bad weather, at the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26, messages of support in the windows and a Scottish flag on this demonstrator's shoulders. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."No new oil field #Stop Cambo" Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.At the Global Climate March, protected from the rain, the "Socialist" newspaper is proposed with its front page on "Strike for pay rises." COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Despite the bad weather, demonstrators show their support for the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.- These children are showing their support for the Global Climate March, which is being organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26.
- Throughout the summit, dressed as a superhero, this protester will be hijacking the lyrics of famous songs to alert passers-by to the event. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Sauchiehall street, during the Global Climate March. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.On Sauchiehall street, these spectators show their support for the Global Climate March as it passes under their window. Greta is the young Swedish woman who initiated the youth climate movement: Fridays For Future or Youth for Climate. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Giant puppets in Glasgow city centre during the Global Climate March. On the right, a helicopter monitors the event. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Glasgow city centre, Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Glasgow city centre, Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In the procession of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. At the 'Majestic' microphone Marvina Eseoghene Newton, one of the figures of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In the procession of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. At the 'Majestic' microphone Marvina Eseoghene Newton, a leading figure in the UK Black Lives Matter movement. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In the procession of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.- "#Whohaseaten the US$100 billion? - PACJA: Pan African Climate Justice Alliance - #Climate Justice 4 Africa - #BlaBlaBlaBla!"
- Climate Justice 4 Africa
In the procession of the Global Climate March which gathered 100,000 people. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Glasgow Times newspaper of Monday 8 November 2021 with headline about the Global Climate March which brought together 100,000 people on Saturday 6. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 8 November 2021.Global Climate March through the streets of Glasgow city centre. Organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.La Via Campesina banner in the procession of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26.
- "The Landworkers' Alliance - Uniting small scale food, fuel and fibre producers"
- "We multiply, not Earth"
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.La Via Campesina's banner "La Via Campesina is an international movement that brings together millions of peasants" and that we have photographed at previous COPs.
In the procession of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Despite the bad weather, spectators show their support for the Global Climate March in the streets of the city centre.
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.The Scottish flag on the streets of the city centre as part of the Global Climate March procession. Scottish independence is a major political issue here. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.
A piper in the Global Climate March procession. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."Indian" banners in the Global Climate March procession through the city centre streets.
- "Save Indian farmers - Save the planet".
- "Solidarity Protest - Hundreds have lost lives in the farmers struggle to date in India - Kisan Morcha Support Group Scotland"
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."Indian" banners in the procession through the city centre streets. "Repeal anti-farmer laws"
100,000 people take part in the Global Climate March to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Young people march through the streets of Glasgow city centre during the Global Climate March. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Young people march through the streets of Glasgow city centre during the Global Climate March. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In the streets of Glasgow city centre, young people march in the Global Climate March procession. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."Indigenous Resistance" "7 years 258 days 11:37:51 - 43,500,000 km2 of land protected by indigenous peoples"
Many representatives of indigenous peoples are present at the Global Climate March. This woman is showing a countdown clock, the climate clock. "A clock that counts down the critical time to reach zero emissions (our 'deadline'), while tracking our progress on key pathways to solutions (the 'lifelines')." See on the website: https://climateclock.world/
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Global Climate March in the streets of Glasgow. Iberdrola is a Spanish company (which we had already seen in Madrid - see the report "COP25"). It bought ScottishPower, the 5th largest British energy company in 2006, so we see its logo here in the city too. Oaxaca is in Mexico where Iberdrola is building wind farms. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."This machine fights climate change" Perhaps a reference to the American folk musician, Woody Guthrie who wrote on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists"?
In the procession of the Global Climate March through the streets of Glasgow. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.- Before the start of the Global Climate March.
- Arrival of the Global Climate March in George Square, here on the corner outside Glasgow Queen Street station.
COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.The Global Climate March marches through Glasgow's business district. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.The Global Climate March arrives in George Square. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.During the Global Climate March to lobby the ongoing negotiations at COP26, one of the participants talks to a tramp positioned near ATMs. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.On the corner of Glasgow's Central Square, George Square, the Global Climate March procession (here with Sudanese and Scottish flags) passes under the sign of SSE, one of the COP26 corporate sponsors. SSE highlights its investment in renewable energy such as the construction of wind farms. However, it fails to mention that it is funding far more fossil fuels, as one of the many actions of Extinction Rebellion during COP26 denounced. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.The Global Climate March passes two trompe l'oeil murals adjacent to Glasgow University. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Behind the banner, doctors and medical students.
The Global Climate March heads to Glasgow Green Park after passing through Glasgow city centre. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Doctors in the procession of the Global Climate March organised to put pressure on the ongoing negotiations at COP26. Doctors are among those on the front line of climate change. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.Welcoming messages in George Square (Glasgow Town Hall Square) and in a street. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.The initiative to plant, restore and conserve a trillion trees was launched by the World Economic Forum in 2020. In Glasgow Green Park where the Global Climate March has just finished and before the speeches begin. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In the Glasgow Green Park where the Global Climate March has just finished and before the speeches begin. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021."Free Tibet" In Glasgow Green Park where the Global Climate March has just ended, demonstrators listen to speeches by climate activists and representatives of countries calling for climate justice. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Glasgow Green Park, after the Global Climate March, young Ugandan Vanessa Nakate speaks at the podium provided for the demonstrators. She is a member of the Youth for Climate movement (another name for Fridays for Future), and we photographed her at the previous World Climate Summit in Madrid in 2019 (see the report "COP25"). Next to her, her neighbour is providing sign language translation. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.After the Global Climate March, Vanessa Nakate from Fridays for Future Uganda speaks. A climate activist who is considered one of Africa's leading voices, the environmental activist founded Youth for Future Africa and the Rise Up Movement, also based in Africa. We will learn later in the press that she has also published "An Ecology Without Borders". Next to her is the lady in charge of the sign language translation. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Glasgow Green Park, where the Global Climate March has just ended, demonstrators listen to speeches by representatives of countries or communities calling for climate justice, here from the Oceania Islands and the Latin American Indians. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Glasgow Green Park, where the Global Climate March has just ended, demonstrators listen to speeches by climate activists and representatives of countries or communities calling for climate justice. In the background, Tibetan, Sudanese and Scottish flags. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.In Glasgow Green Park, where the Global Climate March has just ended, demonstrators listen to speeches by climate activists and representatives of countries or communities calling for climate justice. Here at the 'Majestic' microphone Marvina Eseoghene Newton, one of the figures of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK and (in yellow) Yvonne More who is working on the reception of migrants in Scotland. On the right is the lady who provides sign language translation. COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 6 November 2021.
