The ongoing COP26 climate summit at Glasgow is a failure and has turned into a “global greenwashing festival”, activist Greta Thunberg sai...
The ongoing COP26 climate summit at Glasgow is a failure and has turned into a “global greenwashing festival”, activist Greta Thunberg said at a rally in the Scottish city on Friday, AFP reported.
The summit began on October 31 and will go on till November 12. Representatives from nearly 200 countries are engaged in negotiations on how to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees to 2 degrees Celsius as compared to pre-industrial levels.
Thunberg on Friday joined thousands of people, including striking school students, for a march through Glasgow. She later addressed a rally at the city’s George Square.
“Our leaders are not leading,” the Swedish climate activist said. “This [gesturing towards the crowd] is what leadership looks like.”
Thunberg said that world leaders “cannot ignore the scientific consensus and they cannot ignore us”.
“Many are asking what it’ll take for people in power to wake up,” the activist said. “But let’s be clear - they’re already awake. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know exactly what priceless values they’re sacrificing to maintain business as usual.”
“Many are asking what it’ll take for people in power to wake up. But let’s be clear - they’re already awake. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know exactly what priceless values they’re sacrificing to maintain...
