Thousands of young people take to the streets in Glasgow as COP26 marks Youth and Public Empowerment Day. Follow our live updates here.
COP26 is a "failure," youth activist Greta Thunberg told a crowd of protesters in Glasgow on Friday.
It has turned into a "PR event to fight for the status quo," said Thunberg, comparing it to a "global north greenwash festival."
Today is Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26. After world leaders, financiers and energy experts have had their say, the UN climate conference turned its focus to young people and marginalised communities.
All eyes were on the Fridays for Future March as thousands of young activists took to the streets in Glasgow "to hold world leaders accountable and be as loud as possible about climate justice," organisers have said.
"What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!" young protesters chanted.
The protesters were carrying banners with slogans such as "I have to clear up my mess, why don’t you clear up yours?" and "Stop climate crimes."
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- While thousands of young protesters were taking to the streets of Glasgow to demand "climate justice", youth voices were also being heard inside the summit venue, according to a statement by the COP26 presidency.
"Views of over 40,000 young climate leaders (were) presented to ministers, negotiators and officials," the statement read.
The world's richest "appear to have a free pass to pollute," Oxfam charity said in a new study. It found that the richest 1% will emit 30 times more carbon dioxide than the amount deemed compatible with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C.
On Thursday, two studies said COP26 commitments could limit global warming to 1.8 or 1.9C. But critics warned these projections were extremely optimistic. Some argued it was still early to put too much faith in Glasgow pledges.
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"We are here as civil society to send them a message that ‘enough is enough,’" said Valentina Ruas, an 18-year-old student from Brazil, as she marched through the streets of Glasgow on Friday.
Brianna Fruean, a 23-year-old activist from Samoa, a low-lying Pacific island nation that is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and cyclones, said: “My biggest fear is losing my country.”
“I’ve seen the floods go into our homes, and I’ve scooped out the mud,” she said.
Fruean was given the stage at the beginning of the conference, known as COP26, where she told leaders about the effects of climate change already being felt in her country.
“I feel like I’m being seen,” she said. “I will know if I’ve been heard by the end of COP.”
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Major shipping companies called on Friday for governments to put more money into researching and developing cleaner technologies to help the industry reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
The International Chamber of Shipping said the industry isn’t on track to meet its goal of cutting carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 with current policies.
The trade group represents shipping companies that include MSC and Hapag Lloyd. Industry representatives and government ministers are meeting at COP26.
The group said it is asking governments to increase R&D spending, including by backing a proposal at the International Maritime Organisation that would see ship owners set up a $5 billion fund to boost clean shipping technology.
Shipping currently accounts for about 3% of global emissions.
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“If all these pledges were to be implemented, the temperature increase could be limited to 1.8 degrees Celsius. I think this is a very, well-celebrated achievement,” agency chief Fatih Birol said.
Mohamed Adow, director of Nairobi-based think tank Power Shift Africa said it’s too early to put too much faith in Glasgow pledges: “These announcements may generate headlines but assessing their true worth is hugely difficult, especially at speed during a COP meeting.”
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Today is Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26.
All eyes will be on the Fridays for Future March with thousands of students expected to take to the streets in Glasgow "to hold world leaders accountable and be as loud as possible about climate justice," organisers have said.