Charities to lead event during coordinated day of action
Groups including prominent charities and grassroots organisations working across environmental justice will take part in a major climate march in Glasgow tomorrow.
Scotland’s Climate March will be part of a coordinated day of global action at the mid point in the crucial United Nations climate talks which began in Brazil on Monday, 10 November.
Climate campaigners will be joined by people taking action for migrant rights, Palestinian solidarity and nature conservation, in what organisers say will be the biggest climate march in Glasgow since the UN Cop26 conference took place in the city in 2021.
The groups including SCIAF, Global Justice Now and Extinction Rebellion are marching under the slogan “a better world is possible” with demands calling for global solidarity, a fair transition away from fossil fuels and increased care for our planet.
Friends of the Earth Scotland’s head of campaigns, Caroline Rance, said: “We’re excited to see people coming together on the streets to raise our voices and demand that better world that we all know is possible. This march is about standing up for each other and creating the world we want to live in. Positive climate action will transform people’s lives in Scotland, addressing inequality by creating warmer homes, more affordable public transport and securing green jobs that communities need.”
SCVO chief executive Anna Fowlie added: "There is nothing more important than the future of our planet. Yet we are seeing commitments to addressing climate change being watered down or even revoked. Misinformation is prevalent. There has never been a more important time to have our voices heard for the sake of future generations."
The march assembles at Glasgow Green at 11am, departing at noon. There will be speakers and performances from 2.30pm after the March returns to Glasgow Green.
Brock Lueck from RSPB Scotland said: “Climate change and loss of wildlife are deeply connected, with species being lost forever at an alarming rate. By protecting nature, we are protecting the water we drink, the air we breathe and the land that provides our food. Nature holds the solutions we need and through its restoration we can reduce floods, droughts and fires whilst bringing our landscapes bursting back to life.”
A spokesperson for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland added: "Timed for the middle weekend of the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil, this march is our chance to show that Scotland stands with communities around the world who are experiencing climate impacts and to call for Scotland to play it's fair part towards global action with an ambitious Climate Change Plan.”
