Climate activists held a silent protest in Glasgow city centre today on the anniversary of COP26.
The first wave campaigners made their way to the JP Morgan building on Waterloo Street at the break of dawn with banners bearing slogans including “JP Morgan - World's Dirtiest Bank” and “Greenwash won't wash”.
Four members of the group locked themselves to an oil barrel with “JP Morgan” written on it at the main entrance to the bank’s offices.
Later in this morning performance protestors named ‘The Oil Slicks’ arrived at the scene cutting a dramatic figure dressed head to toe in black with ash-like face paint.
The group has said that today’s action was planned to ‘demand an end to JP Morgan’s funding of the climate crisis and are highlight the failure of the COP process.’
During the Cop26 climate change talks which took place in Glasgow last November, Extinction Rebellion protested every day at JP Morgan’s offices in the city.
Today’s protest comes ahead of Cop27 talks that will start in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday.
JP Morgan has declined a request for comment.
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