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Greta Thunberg rips the COP26 climate conference as a ‘PR exercise’ and a ‘failure’

Climate activist, Greta Thunberg speaks during the Fridays For Future march on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Day Six of the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow will focus on youth and public empowerment.
Climate activist, Greta Thunberg speaks during the Fridays For Future march on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Day Six of the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow will focus on youth and public empowerment.

  • Greta Thunberg spoke at at a “Fridays for Future” climate event in Glasgow on Friday.
  • She criticized the COP26 climate event during her speech, calling it a “PR exercise.”
  • She said it was a “failure” because world leaders are “refusing to take any drastic climate action.”

Activist Greta Thunberg criticized the COP26 climate summit on Friday, saying was just a “PR exercise” and a “failure” because world leaders “are still refusing to take any drastic climate action.”

“It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure. It should be obvious that we cannot solve the crisis with the same methods that got us into it in the first place,” she said while speaking at a “Fridays for Future” climate event in Glasgow, the same city where the COP26 event was being held.

COP26 is also taking place in Glasgow.

A number of world leaders have attended COP26, but activists and delegates from developing countries have been underrepresented at the ongoing event.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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