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All aboard the climate train! Scientists join activists for COP26 trip

Journey to pivotal climate summit offers a glimpse into the hopes and fears of researchers travelling to the meeting.
  1. Tosin Thompson
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Amsterdam Central Station is almost empty when I arrive just after 7 a.m. on a slightly rainy Saturday. It is 30 October, the day before the United Nations COP26 climate summit officially starts in Glasgow, UK. I am here to take a train chartered for the journey there, alongside hundreds of activists — many of them scientists — who are hoping to send a message to world leaders.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03008-1

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  • Clarification 08 November 2021: This article has been amended to clarify that Andreas Malm does not run the Zetkin Collective alone.

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