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Hundreds of environmental campaigners are expected to descend on Aberdeen next week for a five day "climate camp".

Organisers said a “rally and mass action” targeting major polluters in the city will cap the five-day event kicking off on Thursday next week.

Campaigners said they are calling for a Just Transition away from oil and gas that is led by workers and communities.

Benji Brown from Climate Camp Scotland said: “As Britain bakes under record temperatures and wildfires scorch Europe, the UK government is encouraging oil companies to drill every last drop from the North Sea.

“Their so-called ‘energy transition’ relies on fantasy technologies like hydrogen and carbon capture, which allow the same big polluters who caused the climate crisis to maintain a stranglehold over our energy system.

“We need to tackle the climate and cost-of-living crisis through a switch to cheap and abundant renewables, ensuring the needs of communities and workers are prioritised over corporate profits.”

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