News summary — COP26 Day 5

 

The UNDP and We Don’t Have Time campaigns on the urgent need to end fossil fuel subsidies are getting traction. The topic was discussed at the UN COP26 official meeting, and the phrase ”We Don’t Have Time” and the need for ”exponential climate action” was mentioned several times, by high-level climate champion Nigel Topping and others.   Other highlights of the day: 23 countries made national climate education pledges including net-zero schools and putting climate at the heart of national curriculums.   The first big youth demonstration since the start of COP26 took place today, gathering 40 000 people on the streets in Glasgow. Greta Thunberg called COP26 "the most exclusionary COP ever".   Meanwhile in the COP26 plenary  – where all big decisions are made – the youth were absent. During an afternoon session, a single young woman, Clover Hogan, was present, questioning was she was the only young person in the room. So, COP26, where is the youth? Agree to this campaign and help us get a reply. Did you know that all our governments around the world actively support the destructive fossil fuel industry with $11 million in subsidies* — per minute! That means more than $65 billion since the start of the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. To put that in perspective: It is half of the $100 billion in annual climate finance that is currently being discussed at the Glasgow summit.   Help us change this. Agree to our  climate warning to the G20, and share our partner UNDP:s #DontChooseExtintion campaign.   *Source: IMF