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COP26: Protests continue on day two of Glasgow climate summit COP26: Protesters target JP Morgan office in Glasgow
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A 'Squid Game' themed protest took place near to the COP26 venue Around 200 protestors gathered in Glasgow's Waterloo Street
More protests across Scotland's two biggest cities have marked the second full day of the COP26 climate summit. Climate demonstrators have targeted the offices of investment bankers JP Morgan.
One group of activists called on world leaders gathered in Glasgow to make strong commitments that fulfil pledges laid out in the Paris Climate Accord. About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists are protesting outside the Waterloo Street building in Glasgow.
A protest themed on the Netflix show "Squid Game" took place at the Clyde Arc, near the conference venue. They want the company to stop funding fossil fuel projects. JP Morgan declined to comment on the protest.
Other demonstrations in Glasgow and Edinburgh targeted the offices of financial services giant JP Morgan. It is taking place just over a mile from where world leaders have gathered for the United Nation's climate summit, COP26.
An earlier demo took place outside the financier's Edinburgh centre. The group unfurled banners and staff were handed leaflets as they arrived for work,
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Members of Extinction Rebellion unfurled banners protesting against the company's policy on fossil fuels. On the second full day of the conference there have been more protests in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Staff were also handed leaflets as they arrived for work, as protesters were met by a large police presence with officers surrounding the building. One group of activists called on world leaders gathered in Glasgow to make strong commitments that fulfil pledges laid out in the Paris Climate Accord.
An Extinction Rebellion protest targeted financial services company JP Morgan A protest themed on the Netflix show "Squid Game" took place at the Clyde Arc, near the conference venue.
One of the Edinburgh protestors Jane, a retired nurse and grandmother, said the group had targeted JP Morgan because it was "one of the largest funders of fossil fuels in the world".
"These banks are being protected by the Establishment and the Establishment need to be leaning on them and getting them to change their investment policy, because their investment policy is killing us," she told BBC Scotland.
JP Morgan declined to comment.
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