Climate protests continue on the last day of Cop26 summit in Glasgow

Demonstrations are taking place as crucial talks enter their final day

Author: Sophie AdamsPublished 12th Nov 2021
Last updated 15th Nov 2021

Climate change activists have turned out in their hundreds for the final day of crunch talks at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.

A protest is currently taking place at the gates of the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) where the conference is being held.

Hundreds of people have staged a walkout and have left the 'blue zone' inside the SEC to join the protests outside.

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Protestors are now singing and chanting as they wait for the next speeches to begin.

One climate activist turned up to the protest in his swimming trunks, saying it's an eye-catching way to get his message about sewage pollution across.

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A group of climate activists wearing the masks of US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a demonstration outside the Cop26 venue.

Demonstrators asked delegates at the summit to choose between fossil fuels and a liveable planet.

Some of the activists' banners on display outside the conference venue read “no future in fossil fuels”, "which side are you on?" and “clean gas is a dirty lie".

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Meanwhile, a demonstration warning of the climate crisis took place in the city's Royal Exchange Square this morning.

Oxfam Scotland activists wore 'big heads' of the world leaders, including Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden, and mockingly threw small buckets of water onto a simulated bonfire beneath a blow-up planet Earth.

Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland, says the draft Cop26 deal on the table at the moment isn't strong enough and that world leaders need to go further.

READ MORE: Cop26 draft deal offers 'very little' to solve crisis, says environmental group

Eight people were arrested on the penultimate day of Cop26 in Glasgow, including protesters at the Scottish Power building.

During one protest, activists threw paint over the Scottish Power building on St Vincent Street as demonstrations continue during the crucial climate conference.

Scientist Rebellion members glued their hands to the property and splattered the building with green paint to represent the "greenwashing of Scottish Power".

Cop26 protests in Glasgow so far

Greta Thunberg at a rally in Glasgow

Young speaker at Greta Thunberg rally

Protest in George Square at Cop26

Extinction Rebellion march reaches the Squinty Bridge near Cop26 venue in Finnieston

Protesters at the Greenwash march organised by Extinction Rebellion

Giant pokemon characters coal protest at Cop26

Tree man on stilts at Cop26 Extinction Rebellion protest in Glasgow

Cop26 protest on the steps of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

An activist taking part in a protest outside the Cop26 venue on the last day of climate talks

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