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A global network of activists called on Tuesday to postpone the international climate talks scheduled for November in Scotland, arguing that delegates from the most vulnerable countries could not attend due to the pandemic.

Climate Action Network said in a statement He said travel restrictions, rising coronavirus caseloads and low vaccination levels in the world’s poorer countries will make it impossible for many representatives to attend the annual conference organized by the United Nations, known as COP-26.

A face-to-face meeting will bring government officials, activists and others to the UK’s “red list”, meaning they are barred from entering Scotland unless they are UK citizens or residents.

“There has always been an inherent power imbalance between rich and poor countries at the UN climate talks, and this is now exacerbated by the health crisis,” Tasneem Essop, the group’s executive director, said in a statement.

The group, which includes more than 1,500 non-governmental organizations worldwide, lack of vaccine most of the developing world effectively imposes a travel ban on citizens of these countries. About 59 percent of people in the European Union are fully vaccinated, and 52 percent in the United States stay above that figure. Only 3 percent in Africa.

The organizers of the climate talks promised delegates to speed up vaccinations, but the Climate Action Network said that so far no vaccines have been made and officials have not made clear whether participants will be subject to hotel quarantines, which can be too expensive for civil society. groups and representatives of poor governments.

“I’m afraid only rich countries and NGOs from those countries will be able to participate,” he said, if the conference proceeds as planned. Power Shift Africa, a research institute in Kenya.

The talks, which were canceled last November due to the pandemic, are officially known as the Conference of the Parties and include representatives of the countries that have signed the agreement. UN climate change agreement. At or before the meeting, scheduled for November 1-12, countries are expected to announce how they plan to strengthen their climate action goals.

In April, Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said: would not attend this year’s talks if not all participants can be vaccinated equally.