As world leaders prepare for the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg arrived in Glasgow ahead the Cop26 summit.
The activist from Sweden arrived at Glasgow Central Station on Saturday evening after boarding a train from London Euston.
Other climate activists from Europe arrived on Saturday evening on a specially chartered climate train’.
They were greeted by chanting and banners of groups assembled at the station.
As world leaders prepare for the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, Greta Thunberg arrived in Glasgow to meet with them.
After taking a train from London Euston, the Swedish activist arrived at Glasgow Central station Saturday evening.
On Saturday evening, other climate activists from Europe arrived at the station aboard a specially chartered “climate train”
As Cop26 protests heat up, pilgrimage groups marched through Glasgow.
This weekend, thousands of activists gathered in Scotland’s largest city to raise their concerns about climate change to world leaders who will be present at the negotiating table.
At noon on Saturday, protesters began to voice their concerns. Ocean Rebellion members led a dead merpeoples’ demonstration. Activists were still caught in netting near the Clyde, Glasgow, to raise awareness for marine life loss.
Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) Faith members, artists and other pilgrimage group members joined together in a procession through Glasgow’s city centre on Saturday.
This event was described as an “opening ceremony” to a series non-violent direct actions planned in Glasgow, the UK, and around the world during United Nations climate change convention.
The procession began at 2pm at McLennan Arched on Glasgow Green, where XR Scotland’s ‘Blue Rebels’ formed a guard for honor for the pilgrims.
Marcha Glasgow was among those who arrived in the city. This group of Spanish activists took a ferry from Bilbao, to Portsmouth, and set off on a 30-day hike up to Glasgow.
Camino To Cop26 members have walked less than two months from London and Bristol to Glasgow.
After having walked 1,200 miles from Cornwall, young activists from the Christian Climate Network arrived in the city Saturday.
Ocean Rebellion activists stage protest against bottom-trawling fishing near the Scottish Event Centre in Glasgow
Extinction Rebellion demonstrators join in a climate change protest in Glasgow Scotland, ahead of the start COP26, Saturday
Ecumenical Pilgrimage of Climate Justice arrived from Poland, Sweden, Germany to Glasgow – and Pilgrimage in Cop26 has walked the distance from Dunbar to Glasgow.
Zoe Walker, Glasgow-based artist, and Neil Bromwich, from the United Kingdom, paraded alongside the Serpent of Capitalism – a 30-metre-high sculptural artwork that was created in conjunction with the pilgrimage groups.
Alex Cochrane from XR Glasgow stated: ‘Cop26 has to end a growing crime towards humanity by wealthy countries where the global south is sacrificed to bear most of the global nord’s affluent carbon-intensive lives.
“We welcome the pilgrims – and none – who are walking to Cop26 in order to demand that governments also walk the talk for the global south.
Yaz Ashmawi from XR Pilgrim stated: ‘Countries all over the world are already suffering from the consequences of our historical emissions in the west. Small island countries like the Maldives could be submerged by rising waters if we don’t take immediate action to address the climate.
“As people of faith, we have a spiritual responsibility to care for those less fortunate than ourselves, so we have used this walk to raise funds for activists in financially disadvantaged nations that are already impacted, and to empower them to start this conversation.
Activists march during the ‘Pilgrims Parade’, which is an opening ceremony for a series non-violent direct actions being organized by the Extinction Rebellion
Activists march during the ‘Pilgrims Parade’, which is an opening ceremony for a series non-violent direct actions being organized by the Extinction Rebellion
The marches are taking place just hours before world leaders will meet in Glasgow to discuss and raise their ambitions to address the climate crisis.
Over a two-week period, up to 30,000 people could descend upon Scotland’s largest city.
Ocean Rebellion activists protested the event by pouring ‘oil’ before Glasgow’s Cop26 venue on Friday.
Four more XR protesters locked their bikes to the Memorial Gates of the University of Glasgow to demand the adoption of the Green New Deal – a climate strategy that was developed by students at the university and staff.
Iain Livingstone, Chief Constable of Police Scotland, stated that his force will respond swiftly and robustly to protesters trying to disrupt the summit.
He stated that the force, along with 7,000 officers from the UK who were deployed to Scotland to assist police Cop26, was’ready to face the challenges that lie ahead’.