News summary — COP26 Day 6

Welcome to our sixth daily broadcast from the negotiations floor at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26. Today’s theme, Building Momentum for Change, is brought to you live from Glasgow and our hubs in Nairobi, Washington DC, and Stockholm. Highlights: Sophia Mathur, Climate Activist, Fridays for Future; Neeshad Shafi, Executive Director at the Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar; Paul Behrens, academic and author in environmental change at Leiden University; Marco Rodzynek, Founder at NOAH Advisors Ltd. and NOAH Conference, and Tech solutions. 

Today is "Nature and land use" day at COP26, with a lot of focus on agriculture, a sector that in past negotiations has not got the attention it deserves. Industrial agriculture is a huge global carbon emitter, and our current production methods are responsible for land degradation and desertification in many parts of the world. And although starvation is again on the rise, one-third of all food produced globally is thrown away.  In a response to this: • 45 governments now pledge urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming.  • 95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature Positive’, agreeing to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030   On the We Don't Have Time App, several climate reviews have been created on this topic.   Other highlights of the day:    69 nations have signed an agreement that aims to protect 30% of the global ocean in Marine Protected Areas and Other area-based Effective Measures in what's being called the 30by30 target.   The total commitments made during the first week of COP26 could, if delivered, reduce 9 gigatonnes of the further 22 gigatonne reduction in CO2 emissions required to achieve 1.5°C, according to new analysis by the Energy Transition Commission.   Saturday is also Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. In Glasgow an estimated 50,000 people made their way through the city. Climate marches also took place in many other cities around the world.   Patrick Kiarie, director for We Don't Have Time in Africa, has been nominated as one of the most influential, top ten young Kenyans in the year 2021. Congratulations, Patrick. Well deserved!    Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO and founder of We Don't Have Time, was stopped by the COP26 security guards today while trying to enter the diplomatic zone. The reason: We wore a jacket with the words "code red" and "We Don't Have Time" on the back. In the diplomatic zone, people are seen wearing t-shirts with all kinds of messages, but apparently, these words were too radical for a person in a suit. Ingmar therefore sent a Climate Warning to COP26 for censoring an important message. Agree to the campaign if you want to 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 $100 billion since the start of the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. This sum is already higher than the 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.