The emblematic figure of the “Fridays for Future” movement appeared on Friday alongside a few dozen activists in front of the headquarters of Standard Chartered bank in the English capital.
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined an action by young environmentalists against the role of financial institutions in the climate crisis on Friday October 29 in London, two days before the start of COP26 in Scotland. The emblematic figure of the “Fridays for Future” movement appeared alongside a few dozen activists in front of the headquarters of the Standard Chartered bank, immediately surrounded by a swarm of photographers and cameras.
She left without speaking but explained on Twitter asking this financial institution “to stop funding our destruction”. “Banks are still injecting fantastic amounts into fossil fuels, which are destabilizing the planet and endangering many lives”, criticized Greta Thunberg, 18.
School strike week 167. Today we’re outside @StanChart asking them to stop funding our destruction. Banks still for fantasy amounts into fossil fuels, destabilizing the planet and putting many people’s lives at risk. #FridaysForFuture #CleanUpStandardChartered #UprootTheSystem pic.twitter.com/6N9EI2A7fR
– Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) October 29, 2021
Greta Thunberg is expected in Glasgow to take part in a big climate march on November 5, midway through the UN conference. “In the current state of things, this COP will not bring about big changes”, she had declared in mid-October to AFP.