Climate Activists Hold Biggest COP28 Protest Yet in UN Blue Zone - Bloomberg
Climate Activists Hold Biggest COP28 Protest Yet in UN Blue Zone - Bloomberg
Climate Activists Hold Biggest COP28 Protest Yet in UN Blue Zone
Hundreds of protesters stage a colorful march at the climate summit in Dubai as negotiators debate over setting a target for the end of polluting fuels.
Activists prepare to march in protest on day nine of the COP28 conference in Dubai, Dec, 9.Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Indigenous people from every continent dressed in traditional clothes, young climate advocates and seasoned activists marched in the biggest demonstration yet at the COP28 climate talks on Saturday, an unusual sight in the United Arab Emirates where any form of protest is severely restricted.
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