Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a few dozen young protesters demanding banks stop financing polluting projects, such as fossil fuel extraction, outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered bank, Ahead of COP26 Sunday in Glasgow.
The 18-year-old environmental icon joined a few dozen young protesters demanding banks stop financing polluting projects, such as fossil fuel extraction, outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered bank.
The group posed for picture behind a banner reading "defund climate chaos! Stop funding our destruction!" while others held aloft placards with similar slogans. "Banks still pour fantasy amounts into fossil fuels, destabilising the planet and putting many people's lives at risk." "We've come here today as a part of this week of action because... the UK and corporations in the UK have been funding climate chaos and the destruction of our islands for decades," Joseph Sikuli, an activist from Tonga in the South Pacific, told AFP.The 12-day gathering of world leaders and environmental policy delegates kicks off Sunday in the Scottish city Glasgow.
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