Two months before the UN climate conference, activist Greta Thunberg criticizes the climate policy of the host country Scotland.
Glasgow - The 26th UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, in two months.
Despite all the assurances, the host country is by no means an exemplary example of the fight against climate change, as Thunberg pointed out to the BBC.
An example: a new oil field is currently being planned near the Shetland Islands.
According to Thunberg, that says enough about Scotland's climate policy strategy.
The organizer of the climate conference is planning to expand the infrastructure for fossil fuels even further instead of reducing it, according to the climate activist in an interview.
Greta Thunberg criticizes a lack of willingness to protect the climate
“There are some countries that do a little more than others, but if we look at it from a broader perspective, we can safely say that - at least in the global north - there are no countries that even remotely do what it needs to do would be, ”said Thunberg.
She was also critical of the Scottish Green Party's entry into government: “Of course there may be some politicians who are a little less bad than others.
That was very mean, but you get my point. "
It is a sign of hope that people want something that is “greener”, whatever that means.
But coping with the climate crisis is not as easy as voting for a green party.
UN climate conference: will Greta Thunberg take part?
She has not yet decided whether she will attend the conference in November.
The basic requirement is that the conference is "safe and democratic".
This also means that participants from poorer countries have to be fully vaccinated against Corona * and have the opportunity to travel, according to Thunberg.
If she does, she'll be arriving by train.
However, she also emphasized that the conference would lead to nothing "if we do not treat this crisis as a crisis."
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg 2020 in Brussels.
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The 18-year-old Swede started the Fridays for Future initiative with her school strikes three years ago *.
(Nadja Austel with dpa)
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