From Gaziantep to Glasgow

Political tales..events and photos..the “Amal Doll” sows seeds of optimism for the future at the Climate Summit

  • Little Amal, which resembles a Syrian refugee, added vitality to the top of the field.

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  • Environmentalists salute the doll.

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  • The crowd circulates around Amal outside a meeting room in Glasgow.

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  • Climate Summit participants receive "Amal" outside the meeting room.

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After traveling thousands of kilometers across Europe, a giant doll called "Little Hope" arrived yesterday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow to raise awareness of the plight of refugee children who are on the front line of climate change.

The 3.5-meter-high doll representing a Syrian refugee girl opened the plenary session with Samoa climate activist Brianna Froyan.

In front of the audience of negotiators present at the climate talks, the two exchanged gifts. Froyan presented a flower representing light and hope, and “Little Amal” presented a bag of seeds.

Froyan called on participants in the climate talks to "work and fight so that all young girls inherit the world they deserve and lay the foundation for change for growth."

She said the seeds are intended to remind negotiators of their role as "sowders of the seeds of a global future," and that the real effort will be made after climate talks conclude on Friday when words must turn into action to limit global warming.

After leaving the conference hall, the team behind "Little Hope" led the doll to meet other activists who advocated protecting the planet from climate change.

Beyond the seeds, Little Hope presented the conference with an open letter calling for urgent cuts in greenhouse emissions, signed by 1.8 million people from around the world.

"Little Amal" began her journey on July 27 from the Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, following the trail of thousands of refugees.

• In addition to the seeds, the little "Amal" presented to the conference an open letter calling for urgent reductions in greenhouse emissions, which was signed by 1.8 million people from around the world.

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