COP26: Activist Greta Thunberg calls UN climate talks a ‘failure’

Glasgow: Greta Thunberg branded the UN climate talks in Glasgow so far “a failure,” accusing leaders of actively creating loopholes in the rules and greenwashing their countries' emissions.

Speaking at a rally outside the conference venue, Thunberg called for tougher rules to clamp down on polluters instead of what she termed “distant, non-binding pledges.”

“World leaders are obviously scared of the truth, yet no matter how hard they try, they cannot escape it,” she said.

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“They cannot ignore the scientific consensus, and above all they cannot ignore us - the people, including their own children.”

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