UK: Oxfam stages protest as COP26 enters final hours in Glasgow

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Activists from NGO Oxfam staged a protest in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square masked as world leaders trying to extinguish props of burning Earth on Friday, the last day of the climate summit COP26.

The activists wore firefighter outfits with caricatured masks of US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among others, trying to put out a fire beneath a model of the planet Earth with miniature buckets and extinguishers.

“Here in Glasgow, we are seeing how leaders of the world, leaders of the richest, most polluting nations are infective firefighters. They are not doing enough to put the world on a safer path. They haven’t brought the right hose. This is not a drill. Poor countries, vulnerable countries, have sounded the alarm on how poverty, devastation, destruction, death is being caused by climate change, but world leaders are failing. We need to see action,” said Oxfam International representative Navkota Edabe.

Oxfam, the British founded NGO, published a reaction to the COP26 draft text on their website, stating that it ‘failed to respond to the current climate emergency.’

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SOT, Navkota Edabe, Oxfam International spokesperson: “Here in Glasgow, we are seeing how leaders of the world, leaders of the richest, most polluting nations are infective firefighters. They are not doing enough to put the world on a safer path. They haven’t brought the right hose. This is not drill. Poor countries, vulnerable countries, they have been sounding the alarm on how poverty, devastation, destruction, death is being caused by climate change, but world leaders are failing. We need to see action, urgency here in Glasgow.”

SOT, Navkota Edabe, Oxfam International spokesperson: “So, it’s not too late. There are a few hours left in the negotiation room. We need to see leaders coming together, taking clear action on how to raise, you know, how to meet the 600 billion rich countries promised us 12 years ago, so they need to show us how they are going to meet the 600 billion. This is a lifeline for poor communities, second, they need to agree to finance loss and damage, this is an important issue for developing countries. People are dying from hunger, there is so much devastation in the world right now and it’s going to continue so they need finance, and third, and most important, we need to see leaders coming together reducing emissions and limiting warming to 1.5.”

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