Five day climate camp gets underway in Aberdeen
It's being organised by Climate Camp Scotland
Climate campaigners are camping in Aberdeen over the weekend in protest of potential oil and gas exploration in the Cambo and Jackdaw fields.
More than 200 people from across Scotland are expected to join the campaign over the weekend in the granite city.
It's also protesting the prospects of Aberdeen’s proposed ‘Energy Transition Zone’.
That's criticised by local campaigners for sacrificing St Fittick’s park, the only remaining green space in Torry, to industrial development.
Benji Brown is one of the campaigners that is camping in Aberdeen over the coming days, he says that the governments plans for the future "relies on fantasy technologies".
"As Britain bakes under record temperatures and wildfires scorch Europe, the UK government is encouraging oil companies to drill every last drop from the North Sea.
"Their so-called ‘energy transition’ relies on fantasy technologies like hydrogen and carbon capture, which allow the same big polluters who caused the climate crisis to maintain a stranglehold over our energy system.
"We need to tackle the climate and cost-of-living crisis through a switch to cheap and abundant renewables, ensuring the needs of communities and workers are prioritised over corporate profits."