It is on his lands that the COP26 is held, which opens Sunday in Glasgow. On the occasion of this crucial summit for the planet, the Scottish leader faces together with Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister. Without silenced his independence fight.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish Prime Minister, is not the formal host of COP26, which opens Sunday, October 31 in Glasgow – it is the British government. But his voice will count during the fifteen days of this crucial summit for the future of the planet: the executive, a long-time member of the Economic Capital of Scotland and Head of the Scottish Independent Party (SNP), settled A very ambitious environmental program as part of a coalition with the Greens (with a carbon neutral objective as early as 2045). She agreed to answer questions from several European newspapers, including Le Monde.
Price of stratospheric accommodation, coronavirus travel restrictions: Critics have multiplied concerning the organization of the Summit, NGOs even demanding that it is postponed to enable the delegates of developing countries, with restricted access to vaccines, to participate. “Glasgow is ready, replies M me Sturgeon. The town hall helps as much as possible those who have not yet found a housing and the Scottish government tries to bridge the bridge between developing countries and rich countries, leaders and young activists. I will receive representatives of indigenous peoples Saturday, October 30 and I formally opened the Youth Conference on October 29th. “
Neither the Pope nor Queen Elizabeth II will only move in Scotland. Also lack the call presidents Putin and Xi Jinping. “The absence of the queen is disappointing but everyone understands that she needs rest [she is 95]. As for other leaders, let’s focus on those who will be present, a hundred of them will converge to Glasgow, including President Joe Biden. “
Thousands of activists plan to multiply on-site actions. “I believe passionately at the right to demonstrate peacefully,” insists the Prime Minister, who forged his independent beliefs in Protestant, in the 1980s, against the basis of British nuclear submarines. “Leaders must hear what militants have to say. Because they do not yet have enough to limit global warming. It is essential that at the end of this COP26, a rise of 1.5 ° C of Temperatures is held. “
Scotland must” build a green alternative “
Prompt to criticize the Conservative government of Boris Johnson, M me Sturgeon put some of its reserves mute the time of the summit. “Our collaboration in the climate summit has been good and I do not intend to let the policy interfere with COP26: I will do my best to be a success,” says M me Sturgeon. The Carbon Neutrality Strategy published by Downing Street mid-October is considered too vague by many NGOs: “His level of ambition is welcome”, reacts M me Sturgeon. “Scotland has set carbon neutrality by 2045 because we think we can go faster [that the United Kingdom as a whole, which remains on 2050], because of the extent of our forests and of our peatlands. “
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