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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has hit out at wealthy governments for not taking the climate crisis seriously enough, saying that the planet is “not dying, it is being killed and we know by who”.
Speaking amid a throng of press on the sidelines of the UN’s Cop31 summit in Antalya, Turkey – the first time she has attended the conference in five years – she said that it is “being killed by the very same people thought to come to our rescue.”
“No one is coming to our rescue... When our human rights are being threatened by states and other institutions, it’s our duty to stand up and be the adult in the room and fight for everyone’s human rights,” she added.
The conference comes in a year marked by destructive weather events, including lethal floods and heatwaves, alongside energy market turbulence triggered by the Iran war.
It comes as nations at the frontline of the climate crisis – facing an existential threat – have called on larger countries to act now, as there is zero time to waste.
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