Faced with the poor vaccination in poor countries against Covid-19, climate NGOs demanded Tuesday, September 7 the postponement of the UN COP 26 climate conference, deeming it "
impossible
" to hold a "
fair and inclusive
" meeting in Glasgow (Scotland) in November.
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"
With only two months to go, it is evident that a safe, inclusive and just global climate conference is impossible, given the failure to support access to vaccines for thousands of people in the world. poor countries, rising costs of travel and accommodation and uncertainty about the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic
, ”writes the Climate Action Network, which brings together some 1,500 NGOs including Greenpeace, WWF, Action Aid, Oxfam or Amnesty International.
"
A COP in person in early November would de facto exclude many government delegates, civil society activists and journalists, especially from southern countries many of which are on the UK's Covid red list
," the organizations continued in a statement , denouncing this “
exclusion
” in discussions on subjects of capital importance for the future of humanity, in particular for the poorest countries, on the front line against global warming.
"
This call for the postponement of COP26 does not in any way mean a postponement of urgent climate action or a boycott of climate discussions
", specifies the group.
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At the end of June, the British government, in charge of this COP26 which is to bring together thousands of people from October 31 to November 12, and the UN announced that they would facilitate access to vaccination against Covid-19 for participants who wanted it.
