Climate campaigner walks to Glasgow
Man arrives at COP26 after marching for 500 miles
A Windsor climate campaigner completed a walk of more than 500 miles to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on
Monday.
Ric Casale, trustee of UK climate action charity Carbon Copy, trekked to Glasgow ahead of the COP26 climate summit which began on Monday.
Ric completed the final 20 miles at 5.30pm on Monday afternoon in a marathon effort which has lasted three-and-ahalf weeks. The official finishing point was Strathclyde University Union.
Travelling on foot as part of Walk2COP26, Ric and the other dedicated walkers departed London on October 7. The small team had no rest days, and were covering an average
of 20 miles every day.
The walk was organised with the aim of driving engagement with climate action across local authorities, businesses and civil society.
Throughout the journey, the team met with people across the country to discuss climate action while hosting a number of events in town halls, schools and with climate-conscious businesses and charities.
Carbon Copy said it believed the walk to be a ‘brilliant opportunity to demonstrate the power of local communities, companies and councils to make their mark on the climate’.
The charity, which was launched in May 2020, showcases low-carbon projects from around the UK and aims to inspire people to collaborate and take action locally.
Speaking ahead of the completion of the event, Ric said: “We have walked over 500 miles from London to Glasgow to showcase local climate action at a global climate summit. Why? Because local is global without the walls.
“We’ve learned along the way that there is fantastic stuff happening in communities everywhere you look – and what we need is more people to see this and be encouraged by it.
“We don't need a handful of
people walking the talk on carbon zero perfectly. We need millions of people up and down the country doing it imperfectly.
“Lots of people have asked me how I have managed to stay positive on what could seem like a hugely daunting
and tiring challenge like this, but we were carried along the tougher parts of this walk by hearing people's uplifting stories of local climate action and their eagerness to share what they are doing.”
To find out more visit www.carboncopy.eco.