Lauren Macdonald
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck".
Lauren Macdonald is a Scottish climate activist for Stop Cambo. She has publicly confronted the CEO of Shell at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, and previously the First Minister of Scotland.
Career[edit]
Macdonald is from Govanhill, Glasgow.[1] She started her activism with school strikes,[2] and became an organiser for Glasgow's Fridays For Future climate strikes in 2019.[3] She has campaigned against the London-Manchester high-speed railway HS2,[4] and against the Jackdaw gas field.[5] Macdonald is vegan.[3]
Actions[edit]
In the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, Macdonald confronted Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, at the Govanhill Carnival. She asked Sturgeon to oppose the opening of the Cambo oil field, off the coast of Shetland in northern Scotland. Sturgeon did not take a clear position in her response.[2][6]
A few days later however, Sturgeon wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, asking that the development of Cambo should be "reassessed in light of the severity of the climate emergency".[7][8] The letter represented a significant shift in policy for the Scottish National Party, which had historically been a strong supporter of the oil and gas industry; the party's blueprint for an independent Scotland in 2013 was predicated on tax revenue earned from domestic oil production, while Sturgeon had predicted in the run-up to the referendum that, "We’re on the verge of another North Sea bonanza".[9]
At COP26, Macdonald was an invited guest on a TED panel with Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, and Chris James, founder of Engine No. 1. She represented Stop Cambo, a climate activist group protesting the exploration of the Cambo oil field.[10] After her first statement and a question to van Beurden, MacDonald walked out of the stage.[11][12] Macdonald asked him, "If you’re going to sit here and say you care about climate action, why are you currently appealing the recent court ruling that Shell must decrease its emissions by 45 per cent by 2030?".[13] Stop Cambo had been invited to the panel after asking TED to remove Shell from the panel.[14]
In May 2022, Macdonald and seven other activists disrupted a lunch with then-Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ "IN PICTURES: Young Scots go on strike to demand urgent action on climate change". The National. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ""I'm twenty-one years old and I am scared for my future" - Lauren Macdonald, climate activist". Greater Govanhill. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ikkivi (2022-04-14). "CARVING a Path Toward a More Just Future". IKKIVI. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "COP-out". The Earth Issue. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ Taylor, Matthew; correspondent, Matthew Taylor Environment (2022-06-02). "Climate activists vow to fight as new gasfield gets go-ahead in North Sea". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon confronted by campaigners over failure to oppose Cambo oilfield". The Independent. 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Sturgeon urges UK government to reassess Cambo oil field plan". BBC News. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon tells Boris Johnson to 'reassess' new Cambo oil field plans". The National. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ↑ Massie, Alex. "Shetland oilfield is a drop in the ocean". Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "A Bittersweet COP: Reflections of a Young Climate Organizer". Action for the Climate Emergency. 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Decarbonizing fossil fuels: An unedited discussion from TED Countdown Summit | TED Blog". Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Young climate activist confronts Shell CEO at pre-COP26 conference". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ Frost, Rosie (2021-10-15). "Watch as 'evil' Shell CEO is confronted by protestors on stage". euronews. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Say It to Their Faces". Hot Take. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ Mavrokefalidis, Dimitris (2022-05-16). "Climate activists disrupt Kwasi Kwarteng's business lunch". Energy Live News. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
This article "Lauren Macdonald" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Lauren Macdonald. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
