- Sputnik International, 1920
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Blah Blah Blah: Greta Thunberg Slams World Leaders at Youth Climate Summit

© REUTERS / FLAVIO LO SCALZOSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the Youth4Climate pre-COP26 conference in Milan, Italy, September 28, 2021.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the Youth4Climate pre-COP26 conference in Milan, Italy, September 28, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.09.2021
Subscribe
A UK Conservative MP reportedly sarcastically said he would encourage Thunberg to “stand for election in Wycombe” so she could explain to the British public “what it would actually mean to implement her policies.”
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has criticised world governments for "shamelessly congratulating themselves" for insufficient pledges to cut emissions and promises of financing, as she addressed delegates at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan.
In her speech, Thunberg insisted that “our leaders' intentional lack of action is a betrayal of all present and future generations,” as quoted by AFP.
"This is not about some expensive politically correct dream of bunny hugging, or build back better, blah blah blah, green economy, blah blah blah, net zero by 2050, blah blah blah, climate neutral blah blah blah," she declared.
As The Daily Mail points out, Thunberg was apparently mocking the speech delivered by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the virtual climate summit in April, when he said: "We can build back better from this pandemic by building back greener."
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, speaks to reporters after a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for climate change discussions during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, at United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 20.09.2021
World
UN Chief Calls for Decisive Action to Avert 'Climate Catastrophe' Ahead of Glasgow Summit
The newspaper also notes that UK Conservative MP Steve Baker did not seem particularly impressed by Thunberg’s remarks, saying that he would encourage her to “stand for election in Wycombe and explain to the public in Wycombe, many of whom are hard pressed working people, what it would actually mean to implement her policies.”
"It is increasingly clear that the cost of net zero includes dramatically unaffordable changes to all our lives," Baker elaborated. "It is thanks to environmental extremism that we are not using the shale resources in our own country and as a result our gas prices are soaring."
The Youth4Climate is a three-day event ahead of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала