COP26 and Climate Change Events in Govanhill and the Southside
Many locals are saying they find the vast range and number of climate-related events overwhelming. Luckily our friends at SEIN have created this handy guide for climate change and climate justice events happening locally.
‘Grace of the Sun’ - Work by Robert Montgomery at the Landing Hub
This post was written by our friends at the South East Integration Network
The UN Climate Conference is underway in Glasgow; an opportunity for our local communities to raise voices; to highlight those of indigenous & marginalised communities & make it clear that climate justice goes hand in hand with racial justice.
This is also an opportunity for us to come together – to reflect, educate, and learn from each other.
There are many ways you can get involved over the coming few weeks. (The conference runs from Sunday 31st October – Friday 12th November).
Below, we’ve collated some of the events, programmes and activities taking place in during, the conference. Many of these are organised by SEIN members.
There is a lot going on…! Please scroll down, find what’s right for you, & share with others.
You can also check our online noticeboard for more options
Programmes of Events
Friday 29th October – Friday 12th November: The Sustainable Glasgow Landing & The Landing Hub
Entrances on: McAlpine Street x Broomielaw & Carrick Street
There is global consensus that climate change is the greatest challenge of our lifetime. The Sustainable Glasgow Landing brings life to a vacant site on the riverside during COP26 hosting local & global organisations that respond to this challenge.
The Landing Hub is a vibrant, welcoming space where the climate and social justice movements meet the arts. Audiences of all ages will be invited to connect, share and dance as we host local and international collaborators for an exciting programme of screenings, workshops, performances, talks and parties.
Monday 1st – Friday 12th November: Govanhill vs Climate Chaos
The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street G41 2PZ
A packed programme of events including a wide range of workshops, talks, films, exhibitions & more. Organised by Govanhill Baths, with collaborators including COP26 Coalition, Minga Indigena, Seeds for Change, Climate Fresk, Rumpus Room & others.
Monday 1st – Friday 12th November: Green Zone
Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, G51 1EA
Youth groups, civil society, academia, artists, business from across the UK and all over the world will be hosting over 200 events, exhibitions, cultural performances, workshops and talks. Events are free & open to the public, but ticketed. See the Green Zone programme.
Tuesday 2nd – Thursday 4th November: Feminist Exchanges for Climate Justice (Feminist Exchange Network)
CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall Street
A week of events connecting feminism and economics with climate activism through workshops, performance and film. Featuring practical workshops with activist Elaine Gallagher, discussion and artwork from Rumpus Room young activists and Colombian Student Eco Feminist Collective MAUA. Short films from Glasgow’s Feminist Exchange Network and Colombian arts organisation Más Arte Más Acción
Sunday 7th – Friday 12th November: People’s Summit (COP26 Coalition)
While world leaders meet to discuss our future at COP26, we’ll be building power for system change together. Bringing together the climate justice movement to discuss, learn and strategise for system change. See the full programme & join in online from anywhere in the world, or in-person in Glasgow.
One Off Events / Exhibitions
Friday 22nd October (6pm): What the COP? (Finn’s Place)
167 Ledard Road, G42 9QU
Free event suitable for families & young people including banner making for the Global Day of Climate Action, film screening (of ‘Not Without Us’) and discussion.
Saturday 23rd October (3-7.30pm): Thank you for the Rain: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Garnethill Multicultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, G3 6RE
A free film screening organised by the Food and Climate Action project in partnership with Central and West Integration Network and Take One Action. Followed by a panel discussion led by refugee women farmers from Central and West Integration Network’s Empowering Women in Urban Agriculture project.
Monday 25th October October (2-3pm): COP26 101: Everything you want to know about the climate negotiations (COP26 Coalition)
Online
Join our webinar and find out everything you wanted to know about climate change negotiations but were too afraid to ask. Learn the basics of international climate change politics and the infamous COP, or “Conference of the Parties,” ahead of the COP26, scheduled to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021. See Facebook event.
Wednesday 27th October – Sunday 14th November: TOTEM LATAMAT by Jun Tiburcio (The Hidden Gardens)
The Hidden Gardens, 25A Albert Drive, G41 2PE
Experience an Indigenous Mexican response to Climate Change this Autumn. In Chumatlán, Veracruz, México a 4.5m high totem is carved from a single tree during a ceremony to thank it for giving its life. A woman, an eagle, an angel, a sombrero and hummingbirds are sculpted into the cedar wood, the chiselled lines imprinting a message that will stretch 9000km from Mexico to Glasgow for COP26.
Saturday 30th October (2-4pm): Climate Adaptation Book Launch Event (Arkbound)
Mitchell Library North Street G3 7DN
In-person book launch for our upcoming publication, ‘Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change’. This book will showcase real sustainable alternatives to the current socio-economic model of extraction and exploitation of people and the environment in order to provide a constructive and informative vision of a positive future. Sign up here. Contact matisse@arkfound.org
Sunday 31st October (2-3pm): COP26 Vigil in George Square
George Square (or join online)
The future of our planet hangs in the balance. Interfaith Scotland and Interfaith Glasgow, with the Scottish Religious Leaders Forum, invite you – at this critical moment – to join people of all religions and none in expressing your love for life on earth and the shared hope that COP26 will commit leaders to the actions necessary to save it! Find out more & register.
Monday 1st November (6-7pm): Reimagining Repair: Building a Grassroots Economy From The Ground Up (Remade Network)
Online
Join us as we kick off our COP26 activities with an online discussion exploring the present and the future of the repair economy. Find out more & register.
Tuesday 2nd November (5-8.30pm): Spokes Not Blokes COP26 Special (Bike for Good)
Bike for Good South Hub, 539 Victoria Rd / Langside Lane, G42 8BH
For women & all non-binary people.
A COP26 special edition of Spokes not Blokes. This will be a hands-on workshop on getting the most life out of your bike and which products to switch to reduce using harmful chemicals. Alongside the workshop, we will discuss the radical act that riding your bike is and how your bike can be a tool of protest. Find out more & register.
Wednesday 3rd November (5.30-7pm): Banner Making (Bike for Good)
Bike for Good South Hub, 539 Victoria Rd / Langside Lane, G42 8BH
A banner making workshop at Bike for Good South Hub, to prep for the march on Sat 6th Nov. No booking, just drop in.
Wednesday 10th November (4-5.30pm): Little Voices v Big Heads: Fair Trade and COP26 (Glasgow Fair Trade Cooperative)
Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ
Join us to share & learn about fair trade, and the link between fair trade principles, practices and environmental sustainability. We have invited our eight fair trade twin towns to join us. Find out more & register.
Activities
Sundays in October (2-3.30pm): Climate Conversations with Young Activist (Rumpus Room)
South Hub Yard, 539 Victoria Road / Langside Lane, G42 8BH
In the run up to COP26, Rumpus Room are creating an informal space for 14-25yr olds to come together and learn, reflect and make work and talk about climate change and environmental justice, and take part in an event and showcase at the CCA during the climate conference. Find out more and see full dates.
Tuesdays (2-4pm): Make Green Hearts (Castlemilk Parish Church)
Castlemilk Parish Church, 1 Dougrie Road, G45 9NP
Welcoming all ages and abilities to get involved in some gentle craftivism, and enjoy a well-earned afternoon tea. Contact: castlemilkparishchurch@gmail.com
Cycle Rides
Free led bike rides around Glasgow during COP26 to showcase the cycling infrastructure of Glasgow. Bike loans are available and booking is essential. Various dates between 2nd – 13th November. Find out more & register.
Leaves for Lives
The Leaves for Life project is a mass action of solidarity between people of Scotland and indigenous communities in Colombia on the front line of the climate crisis for COP26 and beyond. Giant leaf flags are being created by groups across Scotland and the world to add to the growing canopy of leaves for life to be installed at Intermedia CCA and the Briggait WASPS.
Join others in the mass action by making Leaves for Life to send to Glasgow or bring in person along to exhibit during COP26 in Glasgow where Leaves for Life will be hosting events around the mass action. Find out more about Leaves for Lives and how to get involved.
Let it Grow (Oi Musica)
From lockdown seeds sown in Edinburgh to carnival creations in South London, youth bands in Greater Manchester, Glasgow hip hop and African-diaspora musical collaborations, Let it Grow invites music makers from all walks of life to join a growing international call for radical action on climate change. Find out what it’s all about & how you can get involved.
Raise Banners & Demonstrate
Monday 1st November: Raise the Banners for Climate Justice
On the day that the World Leaders will meet in Glasgow, we are all invited to create & display banners across the city to raise our voices & call for climate justice.
COP26 Youth Strike
Organised by Fridays for Future, this march for climate justice will assemble at Kelvingrove Park at 11am before marching to George Square. Greta Thunberg has confirmed she will be attending.
Saturday 6th November: Global Day of Action for Climate Justice – March & Rally (COP26 Coalition)
Assemble: 11.30am at Kelvingrove Park
Rally: 3pm at Glasgow Green
Find out more about the Global Day of Action
Details of the march & rally in Glasgow
Accessibility information for the march & rally (& other COP26 Coalition events)
Join the Southside Feeder March (Meeting 12noon at Queen’s Park)
For those in Castlemilk: If you would like to join others to get to the march and/or for the march itself, you are very welcome to join Castlemilk Parish Church. We’ll be meeting at the church in the morning & travelling in by public transport. Contact: castlemilkparishchurch@gmail.com
Volunteer
The COP26 Coalition are looking for more volunteers to help with:
People’s Summit Digital Crew
Global Day of Action Stewarding
Photographers & Videographers
Translation & Interpreting
and more…
See the COP 26 website & get in touch for more details: volunteer@cop26coalition.org
Other Links
Check out Climate Fringe; a home for events of all kinds in the run-up to, and during, COP26.
Climate & Migration have put together a Twitter thread listing events focusing on the connections between climate, migration and displacement happening at in & around the COP26 conference
The Hidden Gardens will be hosting Minga Indigena, as they come to Glasgow to attend the COP26 conference. Minga Indigena are a collective of groups, organizations and communities from indigenous nations throughout Abya Yala (the American continent). Minga is the coming together of people when there is a calling. This is an Indigenous Calling for everyone to come together. Find out about Minga Indigena.
Translated Information about COP26
YCSA (Youth Community Support Agency) have made a short information leaflet in a number of languages, aimed at young people, which explains what COP26 is, what changes to expect in the city over duration of the conference, and how to keep safe.
Amharic
Arabic
English
Farsi
Kurdish Sorani
Swahili
Romanian
Vietnamese
If you are organising any other events around COP26 that you would like to be included in this post, please leave details in the comments below.