Cop26: Sharma's claim bankers are 'new Swampys' is appropriation, says activist

Summit president's comments on finance day accused of trying to commercialise climate activismAlok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister and president of the Cop26 summit, has been accused of appropriating the climate activism movement after he told conference delegates "you are the new Swampys".Opening the summit's finance day, which aims to channel cash towards transitioning global economies to net zero carbon emissions, Sharma recalled climate protests of the 1990s. Continue reading...