Thousands to take to the streets demanding climate justice at Cop31

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thousands-take-part-global-day-action-amid-cop31

THOUSANDS are expected to take to the streets of Antalya on Saturday as part of a global day of action demanding climate justice as the UN Cop31 climate talks take place in the Turkish city.

Climate organisations, supported by youth groups, communities, workers and Indigenous peoples, are mobilising to tell governments at the summit that the crisis “cannot be solved through empty promises, corporate greenwashing or market-based false solutions.” 

Organisers are calling for an end to new fossil fuel projects and a rapid, fair and fully funded transition to 100 per cent renewable energy.

They are also demanding public, non-debt-creating climate finance for the Global South, full reparations for loss and damage, food sovereignty, and protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities. 

The demands also include an end to wars, occupation and militarisation as well as standing in solidarity with people facing violence and displacement in Palestine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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