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‘Everything and everyone we love is at stake’: Thunberg slams COP31 talks

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg criticized the United Nations climate talks at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, calling them hypocritical and urging leaders to prioritize people and the planet over profits. Arriving on Tuesday, she highlighted the contradiction of host countries promoting renewable energy while relying heavily on fossil fuels, emphasizing that climate change poses a threat to everything humanity loves. Thunberg's presence has energized youth activists demanding more concrete action and climate finance during the summit, which runs until November 20.
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On November 10, 2026, Greta Thunberg arrived in Antalya, Turkey, for the UN's COP31 climate talks. Emphasizing the urgency of addressing climate change, she stated that "everything and everyone we love is at stake" due to ongoing environmental threats. This marks her first appearance at a U.N. climate summit since 2021, where she famously dismissed leaders' promises as "blah, blah, blah." Thunberg aims to highlight the need for actions that protect people and the planet rather than prioritizing profits and power for a few elite groups. The conference follows a year marked by severe climate-induced disasters globally.

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“I hope that Greta’s presence here reminds us of why we started this work in the first place: to push for meaningful change, hold decision-makers accountable, and work towards a better future for all of humanity,” Amber Turner, a 26-year-old fellow with the Alliance of Small Island States, told The Associated Press news agency.
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has condemned the United Nations climate talks as hypocritical and urged world leaders to put people and planet ahead of profits and power. asserted
Thunberg → condemn → profits
Thunberg made the comments on Tuesday as she arrived at the COP31 conference in the Turkish resort city of Antalya. asserted
she → make → Antalya
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“It’s a hypocrisy every year that the host countries are given an opportunity to whitewash themselves and we know that these negotiations are filled with lobbyists, paid by the very destructive industries which are benefiting from our extremely violent status quo,” Thunberg said. asserted
Thunberg → ’ → quo
“Our political and economic systems that have become incompatible with human nature.” asserted
that → become → nature
The talks follow a year of deadly climate-related disasters, including heatwaves and floods, and another energy shock caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. asserted
talks → follow → Iran
COP31 co-hosts Turkiye and Australia are promoting renewable energy and rooftop solar installations, but both still rely heavily on fossil fuels, especially coal, to generate electricity. asserted
both → promote → electricity
Previous hosts, including Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, are major oil producers. asserted
hosts → include → Brazil
Climate change is “threatening everything”, Thunberg said, warning that “everything and everyone we love is at stake”. asserted
we → threaten → stake
“We should act to protect and benefit people rather than constantly sacrificing the global majority and the very planet we are all living on, for a fortunate few to keep making unimaginable profits and maintaining geopolitical power,” she said. asserted
she → act → power
Thunberg rose to prominence in 2018 as a 15-year-old, when she began a solitary “School Strike for Climate” outside the Swedish parliament. asserted
she → rise → parliament
The Antalya summit is the first she has attended since the 2021 talks in Glasgow, Scotland, where she dismissed world leaders’ promises as “blah, blah, blah”. asserted
she → attend → blah
She has also campaigned for other causes, including the Free Palestine movement, and more recently backed French students protesting for more school resources. asserted
She → campaign → resources
Her arrival in Antalya has created excitement among many of the youth climate activists at COP31 who are demanding more climate finance. asserted
who → create → finance
“I hope that Greta’s presence here reminds us of why we started this work in the first place: to push for meaningful change, hold decision-makers accountable, and work towards a better future for all of humanity,” Amber Turner, a 26-year-old fellow with the Alliance of Small Island States, told The Associated Press news agency. asserted
Turner → hope → agency
Qiyun Woo, a youth environmentalist from Singapore, said Thunberg’s “powerful” presence “adds to calls from a generation that inherits the consequences of these negotiations”. asserted
that → say → negotiations
COP31 runs in Antalya until November 20. asserted
COP31 → run → November
Next year’s edition, COP32, is scheduled to take place in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, in November 2027. asserted
edition → schedule → November
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