Greta Thunberg (klimataktivist)

In March 2013, Ferguson led a delegation from Bristol to Brussels to present Bristol's bid to be European Green Capital 2015 and three months later it was announced that Bristol had won.[91] Bristol received a £7 Million grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to support the year-long event, and the Council approved a further £1 Million of its own funds for the same.[92]

that there was a lack of transparency in how funds had been spent, and how certain elements, such as a web site that cost almost a quarter of a million pounds, had been procured and managed.[102] In addition to the money spent by Bristol 2015 Ltd it later transpired that the City had paid a further £29,000 in hotel bills for the mayor and executive council officers for attendance at the COP21 climate change conference in Paris which was a requirement of the DECC grant.[103][104]

At the closing ceremony on 5 February 2016 protesters calling for the publication of the accounts were branded "lunatics" by Mr Ferguson, and, although still refusing to make the full spending public, claimed "I have nothing to hide" ...

”Lättpåverkade skolbarn har saboterat College Green”