The 18-year-old environmental icon joined a few dozen young protesters who called on banks to stop funding polluting projects like fossil fuel extraction outside the headquarters. standard Chartered Bank.
Surrounded by a crowd of waiting cameras, he briefly rallied with other youth activists at the site in London’s Financial District before delivering a speech.
The group posed behind a banner that read “Reduce Climate Anarchy! Stop Funding Our Destruction!” While others had placards with similar slogans.
“Today we are out @StanChart asking them to stop funding our destruction,” Thunberg tweeted shortly thereafter.
School Strike Week 167. Today we are outside @StanChart asking them to stop funding our destruction. Bank still… https://t.co/UTH8SJ1GpD
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) 1635516349000
“Banks still pour hypothetical amounts into fossil fuels, destabilizing the planet and putting many people’s lives at risk.”
Protesters had previously held protests at several other sites in the City of London finance hub and were scheduled to hold a vigil outside the Bank of England later on Friday.
Joseph Sikuli, an activist from Tonga, said: “We are here today as a part of this week’s action because … corporations in the UK and in the UK have been funding the climate chaos and destruction of our islands for decades. ” South Pacific told AFP.
Organizers say similar protests are taking place in 26 countries around the world ahead of COP26.
12 day gathering of world leaders and environmental policy Delegates began in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Sunday.
Thunberg, whose Friday for Future movement has inspired massive street protests around the world since 2018, confirmed she plans to join the November 5 march.climate justice” There.
Earlier this month, he expressed concern that the summit would not achieve the historic agreements needed to deal with devastating climate change.
“As it is now, there will be no major change from this COP, we have to keep going,” he told AFP on the sidelines of a climate concert in Stockholm.
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