{"id":941323,"date":"2021-10-30T11:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=941323"},"modified":"2021-10-30T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T15:13:45","slug":"pics-greta-thunberg-joins-london-protest-tells-banks-to-stop-funding-our-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pics-greta-thunberg-joins-london-protest-tells-banks-to-stop-funding-our-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"PICS: Greta Thunberg Joins London Protest, Tells Banks to &#039;Stop Funding Our Destruction&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpics-greta-thunberg-joins-london-protest-tells-banks-to-stop-funding-our-destruction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=941323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Teen Swede climate change activist Greta Thunberg joined the Day of Action protest in London on Friday before taking the train to Glasgow, Scotland, where the United Nations COP26 conference opens on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old took part in one of the protests going on in 26 countries around the world on Friday to put pressure on banks to stop the financing of fossil fuel projects.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thunberg briefly joined young eco-warriors from the Youth Strike to Defund Climate Chaos outside the Standard Chartered bank in London, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/climate-change-greta-thunberg-joins-day-of-action-protest-in-london-against-fossil-fuels-12454261\">according<\/a> to Sky News, before the protest made its way to other major financial institutions like Lloyd\u2019s of London, the Bank of England, Barclays, and Macquarie Capital, while chanting:&nbsp;\u201cWhat do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18518994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350013126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18518994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350013126.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Climate activist Greta Thunberg is escorted to join a protest outside Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world&#039;s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 OCTOBER 29: Climate activist Greta Thunberg is escorted to join a protest outside Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world\u2019s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The teen climate activist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg\/status\/1454087076564062214\">tweeted<\/a> after her appearance at the event: \u201cSchool strike week 167. Today we\u2019re outside [Standard Chartered]&nbsp;asking them to stop funding our destruction. Banks still pour fantasy amounts into fossil fuels, destabilising the planet and putting many people\u2019s lives at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>She is set to travel by train to Glasgow, Scotland, where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is meeting for its 26th annual Conference of the Parties (COP26) from Sunday, to join a \u201cclimate strike\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18519026\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236205164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18519026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236205164.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins a protest outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world&#039;s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 OCTOBER 29: Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins a protest outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world\u2019s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-59090943\">preview<\/a> of her interview with BBC news veteran journalist Andrew Marr set to be aired on Sunday, Thunberg claimed she didn\u2019t know if she had been officially invited to COP26, claiming that perhaps she had not been because organisers were \u201cscared\u201d of inviting young \u2018radicals\u2019 like her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18519106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236204031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18519106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236204031.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Climate activists protest outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world&#039;s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 OCTOBER 29: Climate activists protest outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021, in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world\u2019s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. It\u2019s very unclear. Not officially [invited]. I think that many people might be scared that if they invite too many radical young people, then that might make them look bad,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/greta-thunberg-climate-protests-cop26-london-natural-history-museum-b963259.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual UN climate summit is being held in Glasgow between October 31st and November 12th. Xi Jinping of China \u2014 the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/uk-and-global-emissions-and-temperature-trends\/\">largest emitter<\/a> of carbon dioxide \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Brazil\u2019s Jair Bolsonaro are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/london\/2021-10-29\/greta-thunberg-joins-london-protest-targeting-banks-funding-fossil-fuels\">not expected<\/a> to be attending.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18519138\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236204017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18519138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236204017.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Climate activists protest outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world&#039;s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 OCTOBER 29: Climate activists protest outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered on October 29, 2021 in London, England. Climate protesters across the world are demanding that the global financial system stops its financing of fossil fuel companies. According to a report by a coalition of NGOs, the world\u2019s biggest banks have paid $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel companies since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. 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