HUNDREDS of climate activists have marched through Glasgow as part of an Extinction Rebellion demonstration around the COP26 summit.
It is one of several protests in Glasgow on Wednesday, as the summit discusses the financial system.
Setting off from Buchanan Street steps just after midday, the marchers were held at a police cordon on Sauchiehall Street.
The column of protesters turned back on themselves and went along West Nile Street, before moving down through other parts of the city centre.
Traffic was stopped in several streets as demonstrators made their way through.
Now, several activists have staged a sit-down protest outside the offices of the SSE in Waterloo Street.
The march moved on past as campaigners, surrounded by police officers, refused to move from the entrance to the energy firm.
Earlier, activists campaigning against the Cambo oil field staged a mock ceremony featuring “the Queen” turning off the taps to the oil pipeline.
The demonstration in the city’s Buchanan Street comes on the anniversary of the Queen inaugurating the flow of North Sea oil in 1975.
Friends of the Earth Scotland, along with the campaign groups Platform and Stop Cambo, staged the event on Wednesday morning.
An activist dressed as the Queen descended the steps at the top of Buchanan Street before reading a speech and turning off a large prop tap.
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Caroline Rance, of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “It has been 46 years since the Queen turned on the tap: it is high time we turned it off and stopped the continual flow of oil and gas.
“If we want a liveable climate, scientists are telling us there can be no fossil fuel developments – oil and gas, as well as coal – from now on.
“Boris Johnson, as host of these climate talks, must demonstrate what real climate action looks like.”
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said an environmental review of the Cambo field in the North Sea should be carried out before extraction begins.
However Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has backed the new oil field, saying Cambo is “priced in” to the UK Government’s plans to reduce emissions.
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