Funeral for fossil fuels held as part of Great People’s March calling on governments to step up climate efforts
Thousands of people have turned out in the streets of Belém to demand urgent action on the climate crisis.
It was the first major protest outside the annual climate talks since Cop26 four years ago in Glasgow, as the last three gatherings were held in locations with little tolerance for demonstrations – Egypt, Dubai and Azerbaijan.
The “Great People’s March” comes at the halfway point of contentious negotiations and follows two Indigenous-led protests earlier in the week.
Early in the day, below a huge inflatable globe, a large group of indigenous protesters, many with face paint and feathered headdresses, were chanting as they waited for the march to begin.
