Greta Thunberg Attacked World Leaders For Being ‘Blah, Blah, Blah’ On Climate Action
“What do you think of when I say climate change?” I believe in jobs. Environmentally friendly jobs. She referred to Biden’s comments on the climate calamity when she said, “Green jobs.”
Greta Thunberg attacked world leaders
At a youth climate summit in Milan on Tuesday, Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg attacked world leaders, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying the last 30 years of climate action had amounted to “blah, blah, blah.” Thunberg copied the politicians by repeating their often used statements about the climate problem, dismissing them as hollow words and pledges that would not keep.
“What do you think of when I say climate change?” I believe in jobs. Environmentally friendly jobs. She referred to Biden’s talks on the climate catastrophe as “green jobs.”
Greta Thunberg said we need to find a way to make the transition to a low-carbon economy
“We need to find a way to make the transition to a low-carbon economy as painless as possible. “There is no Planet B,” she remarked, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech. “There is no such thing as Planet Blah. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
Thunberg also mocked UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s hyperbole surrounding his government’s “green recovery” ambitions.
“This isn’t about some overpriced, politically acceptable bunny hugging fantasy or blah, blah, blah. Build back better, blah, blah, blah. Green economy, blah, blah, blah,” Thunberg said.
Only promises no action resulted empty words
“Net-zero, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah Climate-neutral, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah all we hear from our so-called leaders are words, phrases that sound fantastic but have resulted in no action, hopes, or goals thus far. Promise and empty words.”
Thunberg spoke at the Youth4Climate gathering, which took place just two days before dozens of ministers gathered in Milan for a final high-level meeting before the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow in November. President of COP26 Alok Sharma attended the youth gathering and will preside over the ministerial meeting.
Later this week, the youth attendees will compile a list of proposals for ministers to consider. In addition, ministers are likely to strive to coordinate their stances on items on the Glasgow agenda; including setting a deadline for coal use and determining that should pay what to help the Global South transition to low-carbon economies.
Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan activist, stated that the developing world is still waiting for the developed world to follow through on its climate funding pledges.
Why missed the deadline?
Leaders from affluent countries agreed a decade ago to send money to developing countries to assist them in decreasing carbon emissions while also adapting to the global warming catastrophe. That commitment was reiterated in 2015 in Paris, when world leaders pledged to spend $100 billion per year to the Global South by 2020, with at least half of that amount going toward adaptation. Unfortunately, last year, we missed that deadline.
“The $100 billion per year promised to assist climate-vulnerable countries in meeting this challenge has produced far too little evidence. Yet that money was supposed to arrive by 2020, and we’re still waiting,” Nakate said, noting that Africa emits little pollution but is at the forefront of the climate catastrophe.
“It is impossible to adapt to lost civilizations, traditions, or history. You won’t be able to adjust to famine. It’s past time for leaders to prioritize loss and damage in climate talks.”
Final words:
It is difficult to stop the change in the climate, but we can take strong steps so that in the coming time, we can save our country from loss of life and property.
