Video conference meeting, today at 6 pm, of Greta Thunberg and other young climate activists, Adélaïde Charlier (Belgium), Luisa Neubauer (Germany) and Laura Vallaro and Martina Comparelli for Italy, with premier Giuseppe Conte and the minister of the Environment Sergio Costa to send the message that "it is time to start treating the climate emergency as a crisis".
This was announced by the Fridays For Future (Fff) Italy movement, recalling that "the young activists have sent all the leaders of the EU and the world an open letter (https://climateemergencyeu.org/) which has already been signed by almost 130,000 people ".
Recalling that "Italy has a crucial role to play at EU and international level in climate action as the third economy of the EU, host of next year's G20 and co-organizer of the COP26 climate summit", the movement Fff explains that "the girls will ask Prime Minister Conte to tackle the climate emergency and take action following the requests of the letter. These include the stop to all investments and subsidies to fossil fuels, the exit from the fossil, make ecocide an international crime, and the establishment of binding annual carbon budgets based on the best available scientific data. "
Since the open letter was published, "European leaders have continued to put their heads in the sand regarding the climate crisis, taking few or no concrete decisions, despite several meetings with activists - explains the note - As a first step, everyone EU leaders should now ensure that new EU climate policies are in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, without using loopholes or creative accounting. "
