GLASGOW, Scotland – The red carpet was rolled out for former US President Barack Obama on Monday at COP26. Obama arrived at the UN climate summit taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, and delivered a speech about “what young people in particular can do to help.”
But youth climate activists, many of whom have been at the summit for over a week now and taken part in multiple protests over the weekend, were ready to greet the former leader with a message of their own.
Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate tweeted that she was 13 years old when Obama had promised $100 billion to developing countries to fight the climate crisis — a promise, she pointed out, that the US went on to break. Together with her fellow activists, she staged a mini protest, holding up signs saying “show us the money” inside the summit ahead of Obama’s speech.
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