16 NOV 2021 —
More than a hundred protesters gathered on Friday 12th November at the Liesbeek River to mark the end of COP26. Leaders from Khoi indigenous groups, civic activists, community members, educators and learners, former UDF activists, residents, young and older, joined together to make it clear that the River Club redevelopment is an environmentally destructive development that will contribute to climate harms.
The COP26 was described by climate activist Greta Thunberg as a stage where world leaders once again gave “beautiful speeches” and announced “fancy commitments and targets” while “behind the curtains governments of the Global North countries are still refusing to take any drastic climate action.”…
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