“I am not going to COP27 for many reasons,” said Greta Thunberg of the upcoming climate conference. According to Le Figarothe Swedish activist made these statements during a question and answer session in London on Sunday 30 October, on the occasion of the launch of his Climate register.
This year the United Nations International Conference will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 7 to 18 November. The choice of the meeting place, to begin with, scratches the 19-year-old environmentalist. On Twitter, on October 22, she had already expressed her solidarity with the “prisoners of conscience” and urged “Egypt to open up the civic space and free all those who were arbitrarily detained before COP27”. Renewed support in front of his London audience to whom he explained that “the space for civil society this year is extremely limited”.
These COPs are not really meant to change the system
Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg also justified her refusal to go to Egypt by pointing out the inefficiency of the COPs, the next of which will be the 27th edition. According to the environmental icon, these conferences “are not really about system change”, but “are used primarily as an opportunity for leaders and people in power to attract attention, for all kinds of ‘greenwashing’. “. “As they are, COPs don’t really work unless they are used as an opportunity to mobilize,” she added. The book by Greta Thunberg will be released on October 27th. All royalties will be donated to his namesake foundation and then distributed to environmental charities.
Source: Madmoizelle
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