Protests will take place across 26 countries and every continent in the world on Friday to demand the global financial system stops putting money into the use of fossil fuels. The Day of Action protest could be one of the largest climate finance protests in history, spanning 26 countries and every continent in the world on Friday to demand the global financial system stops pumping money into the use of fossil fuels. Activists will campaign outside branches of Barclays, Standard Chartered, Lloyds of London and the Bank of England, with Ms Thunberg set to join them where she is expected to take aim at Boris Johnson and other world leaders.

       The protests come after campaigners revealed banks have paid ￡2.7trillion into fossil fuel extraction since the 2015 Paris agreement where world leaders committed to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C and reach net zero emissions by 2050.

       The demonstration comes just days before world leaders will gather in Glasgow for the climate change summit COP26.

       The Prime Minister previously said he fears the summit could fail to make the change needed for the environment.

       These fears were validated on Friday morning when Beijing announced Xi Jinping would not attend the summit in person despite China being the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.

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