COPOUT 26 Left Out the Topics and People It Needed
By David Swanson, Labour Hub, November 9, 2021 I’m not sure what we should have expected from a 26th UN climate meeting after 25 previous
By David Swanson, Labour Hub, November 9, 2021 I’m not sure what we should have expected from a 26th UN climate meeting after 25 previous
Demand militaries be included in the climate agreement.
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re going to hold a bit of a respectful and civil debate.
Fellow anti-militarist groups Stop the War Coalition, Veterans for Peace, World Beyond War and CODEPINK came together in an anti-war rally on the steps of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 4 November, highlighting the links between militarism and the climate crisis.
While world leaders fail to agree on meaningful change at COP26, the city of Glasgow has become a hub of protests and strikes, reports John McGrath.
An alliance of peace groups – including the Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW), Pax Christi and Christian CND – held a public meeting at the Buchanan Steps in Central Glasgow pushing for military pollution to feature in climate agreements.
COP Twenty-six! That is how many times the UN has assembled world leaders to try to tackle the climate crisis.
Once again, they’re standing beside each other in a long row. With ties around their necks, excited but serious expressions on their faces and brows photogenically wrinkled with concern, they’re ready to save the world from the fiery furnace.
This article was published with support from Columbia University’s Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights and the Gumshoe Group.