BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) 鈥 Thousands of people marched through the center of Brussels on Sunday in a boisterous rally highlighting the dangers of climate change, as the COP28 climate summit draws to an end in Dubai.
鈥淲e must save our planet. It鈥檚 the only one where there鈥檚 beer,鈥 read one sign at the head of the parade, led by a brass band.
But the message of the Great Climate March was serious: Act now to stop the world from destroying itself.
The activists of Climate Coalition called for politicians to put in place stronger measures to counter global warming.
One man bundled against the cold, Luc Durnez, complained that the Belgian government went to the climate summit 鈥渨ithout a plan, and it is really a shame for us.鈥
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, nations were promising measures to slash the world鈥檚 greenhouse emissions by nearly half in seven years to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with pre-industrial times. But marchers in Brussels complained that Europe was not doing enough or fast enough.
