EFE.- Swedish activist Greta Thunberg considers that the summits will not achieve the objectives to tackle the climate crisis unless there is pressure from the people, according to what he told the BBC before the summit in Glasgow (Scotland).
“Change will come when people demand change. So we cannot expect anything to happen in these conferences, “the ecologist said in an interview with the station days before the COP26 summit, which will be held from October 31 to November 12.
This is considered the most important climate conference since the Paris agreement (2015), which seeks to keep the average global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees.
Thunberg, who said he will attend the Glasgow meeting, stressed that his message to world leaders is to be “honest.”
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“Honest about where they are, how they have failed, how they still fail us (…) instead of trying to find solutions, real solutions that really lead somewhere, that lead to considerable change,” the young woman stressed.
“From my point of view, the success would be that finally people begin to realize the urgency of the situation and realize that we are facing an existential crisis, and that we are going to need big changes, “he added.
The ecologist admitted that she did not feel like a “climate celebrity”, but rather as a “climate activist”, while being grateful for her position since there are “many people who do not have a platform and who are not listened to. ”.
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