Inside the COP26 conference venue in Glasgow, Scotland, civil society leaders were taking over discussions at the end of a week of government speeches and pledges, which included promises to phase out coal, slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane and reduce deforestation.
"If you were smarter, I'd be in school" was the message carried by another protester. Many of the marchers took the day off school to take part. "The Earth's climate is changing!" read one schoolchild's placard, under a hand-painted picture of a globe on fire."Why aren't we?"There was at least a prospect of concrete action on Friday from the US House of Representatives, which was due to vote on President Joe Biden's mammoth"Build Back Better" package, including $555 billion of measures aimed at halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and adapting to climate change.
So far, the summit has yielded deals to try to phase out coal over the next three decades – albeit without the world's biggest consumer, China. Some have also pledged to reduce deforestation and curb methane. Elsewhere this week, city mayors have been huddling over what they can do to advance climate action back home.
The head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said on Thursday that emissions cut pledges made so far – if all implemented – could potentially restrict warming to 1.8ºC. But some UN negotiators and non-profit organizations said that assessment was too rosy, and much more work had to be done.
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