COP26 Glasgow: Extinction Rebellion and No Coal Japan gather for more protests

Joining activists from the No Coal Japan coalition, people dressed-up as beloved Pokemon character Pikachu to walk from Pacific Quay to the COP26 campus. 

Protestors were demanding that Japan stop financing coal projects and phase out its use by 2030. 

Extinction Rebellion also gathered again to protest outside the Home Office and raise awareness of the link between war and the climate crisis. 

Gathering on Brand Street in Cessnock, protestors said they were there because the Home Office is one of the government departments "who continue warfare". 

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Katharina Elshort, 22, who traveled from The Netherlands to be in Glasgow during COP26, said: "I'm here to protest the fact so much money is being put into funding war, funding more weapons which is super bad for the environment, so many CO2 emissions come out of it, and it's hurting global south countries who are already suffering. 

"If we took that money that we're spending on war right now and put it into our environment, into our planet then we would save more lives and create less war and also prevent the climate crisis which is also going to bring even more war because we're going to fight over resources, we're going to fight over space, so many things that the climate crisis will exacerbate."

Climate activists then moved along Whitefield Street and Govan Road as they made their way towards BAE Systems where they were flanked by a number of police officers. 

Swallow, from Bristol, said: "We're marching towards BAE Systems because they are a massic arms company, and essentially without BAE Systems, the UK wouldn't be able to make its weapons."

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Despite a much calmer atmosphere than yesterday's city centre protest, which saw five people arrested, the heavy police presence was described as "frustrating" and "intimidating". 

Chrissie Aslett, 60, from Bradford on Avon, said: "The police presence is oppressive.

"It's ridiculous because we are a non-violent group."