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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2023
Greta Thunberg now plans to attend UN climate conference in Scotland

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Reuters
09 August, 2021, 06:25 pm
Last modified: 09 August, 2021, 06:28 pm

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Greta Thunberg now plans to attend UN climate conference in Scotland

Thunberg had said she would skip the major UN conference in November out of concern that the uneven rollout of Covid-19 vaccines across the world would leave some countries unable to attend safely

Reuters
09 August, 2021, 06:25 pm
Last modified: 09 August, 2021, 06:28 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest outside the EU Council as EU environment ministers meet in Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2020/ Reuters
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest outside the EU Council as EU environment ministers meet in Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2020/ Reuters

Hoping the world takes heed of Monday's dire report by the UN climate panel, activist Greta Thunberg said she plans to go to this year's global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, after all.

Thunberg had said she would skip the major UN conference in November out of concern that the uneven rollout of Covid-19 vaccines across the world would leave some countries unable to attend safely. 

But Britain's offer in June to vaccinate delegates assuages some of that concern, she said.

"I've said before that I wasn't going to go if it wasn't fair," Thunberg said in an interview with Reuters. "But now they say that they will vaccinate all the delegates that are going there. If that's considered fair and safe, then I will hopefully attend."

The 18-year-old Swedish activist, who has rallied youth to protest for climate action worldwide, said the UN report should be "a wake-up call, in every possible way".

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report said emissions from polluting economic activities have brought the world dangerously close to pushing global warming past the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold, beyond which scientists say there could be catastrophic climate impacts. 

"When these extreme weather events are happening, many say, what will it take for people in power to start acting? What are they waiting for?" Thunberg told Reuters. "And it will take many things, but especially, it will take massive pressure from the public and massive pressure from the media."

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