Swedish activist Greta Thunberg denounced on Tuesday the “thirty years of blah blah” on the climate of world leaders.
"There is no planet B, there is no planet blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, green economy blah blah, carbon neutrality in 2050 blah blah," she told Milan (Italy).
“That's all we hear from our so-called leaders: words.
Words that sound good but have not led to any action, our hopes and dreams drowned in their empty words and promises, ”she added, describing the lack of“ deliberate ”action by world leaders. of “betrayal of present and future generations”.
"They claim to listen to us, but they are not"
As part of a “Youth4Climate” summit, the UN, Italy and the British presidency of COP26 invited to Milan for three days 400 young people from nearly 200 countries, aged 15 to 29, who must prepare concrete proposals for the climate which will be sent, at the end of the week, to the environment ministers of the 56 countries participating in the COP26 climate conference in one month. "They invite handpicked young people to meetings like this and they pretend to listen to us, but they are not, they do not listen to us, they never did," blasted Greta Thunberg. at the stand in front of the event organizers.
Faced with political speeches, science does not lie, hammered the young girl, the militant muse of a whole generation. According to the UN, at the current rate, carbon emissions will increase by 16% in nine years, while they would have to be halved to keep global warming below the limit of 1.5 ° C, the limit validated by the United Nations. 'Paris Agreement. According to the latest UN assessment published in mid-September, the world is heading towards a “catastrophic” warming of + 2.7 ° C, with many negative consequences.
"But we can change things," pleaded Greta Thunberg.
“We can still turn the tide, it's entirely possible.
We will need immediate and drastic annual emission reductions, ”she said in particular.
And to conclude that "the intentional inaction of our leaders is a betrayal towards all present and future generations".
