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Vegan activists protest food policies on first day of COP28 in Dubai

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(30 Nov 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 30 November 2023 1. Various of vegan protesters outside Blue Zone entrance of COP28 summit, waving flags and chanting 2. Close of banner reading (English): "Vegan the green revolution doesn't need weapons" 3. Wide of vegan activist Lei Chu talking with protesters 4: SOUNDBITE (English) Lei Chu, vegan activist: “We want to influence (the) government to change their focus on food because even if there’s zero emissions from fossil fuels but we have no food so what is more important? If we have a very good nature, high capacity to absorb CO2, even if we have high emissions from fossil fuel it will be OK.” 5. Protesters holding banners and chanting 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lei Chu, vegan activist: “We don’t have mush time left to save the world, so we need to have a mandatory policy to change our diet. We are not interested in changing people’s d …...more
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Vegan activists protest food policies on first day of COP28 in Dubai
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(30 Nov 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 30 November 2023 1. Various of vegan protesters outside Blue Zone entrance of COP28 summit, waving flags and chanting 2. Close of banner reading (English): "Vegan the green revolution doesn't need weapons" 3. Wide of vegan activist Lei Chu talking with protesters 4: SOUNDBITE (English) Lei Chu, vegan activist: “We want to influence (the) government to change their focus on food because even if there’s zero emissions from fossil fuels but we have no food so what is more important? If we have a very good nature, high capacity to absorb CO2, even if we have high emissions from fossil fuel it will be OK.” 5. Protesters holding banners and chanting 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lei Chu, vegan activist: “We don’t have mush time left to save the world, so we need to have a mandatory policy to change our diet. We are not interested in changing people’s diet, but if this action is killing our earth we have to change it, otherwise we are going to pay the price to lose our future.” 7. Various of vegan protesters waving flags 8. Wide of attendees entering Blue Zone 9. Various of protesters STORYLINE: Around 90 protesters gathered in support of vegan food policies on Thursday, as attendees arrived for the first day of the COP28 Climate Summit at Expo City in Dubai. Protesters from around the world comprising of mostly women, stood outside the entrance to the summit's Blue Zone waving flags, carrying signs and chanting in support of mandatory vegan food policies. “We want to influence government to change their focus on food,” said Lei Chu, a protest organiser from Taiwan. The Middle East plays host to its second straight United Nations climate conference over the next two weeks, with countries hoping to agree on new ways to keep the planet from heating too much by the end of the century. AP Video by Joshua A. Bickel =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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