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And more than 60 countries pledged to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

It’s hard to say the summit moved the needle on the emissions curve.”, “Other countries must follow our lead,” said Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, a country situated on coral atolls in the Pacific that is extremely vulnerable to sea level rise. questioned his own government's climate scientists, These Are The Things Teens Will Miss If Climate Change Destroys Earth, “This Is The Time To Wake Up”: Greta Thunberg Just Called Out Congress On Climate Change, Greta Thunberg Joined A Walkout At The First Major Summit Of The Movement She Inspired. Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Amid the stunning rise of the youth climate movement, Thunberg, who arrived in the US last month on a solar-powered yacht, has directly castigated Congress and leaders at the UN, as well as spearhead the largest ever climate protest last week. The world is waking up and change is coming, whether you like it or not. ET, Posted on September 23, 2019, at 1:59 p.m. "I shouldn’t be up here. Zahra Hirji, Last updated on September 23, 2019, at 3:58 p.m.

On Monday she joined 14 other children to lodge a formal complaint under the UN convention on the rights of the child. “The eyes of all future generations are upon you. As the summit spooled through about 60 speeches from national representatives, it became clear that Thunberg’s forecast was prescient. There were a few signs of progress. Despite Guterres’ efforts, the summit was somewhat overshadowed by its absentees – most notably the US, and Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil, whose representatives were reportedly not selected to make a presentation there because of Brazil’s failure to outline plans to strengthen its efforts to counter climate change. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal.”.

People are dying. Meanwhile, China declined to put forward any new measures to tackle the climate crisis. Trump has questioned his own government's climate scientists, vowed to withdraw the US from the main global climate agreement, the Paris climate accord, and his administration has rolled back dozens of climate rules and initiatives.

How dare you!" "Sadly, most leaders from the world’s largest emitting countries failed this litmus test, dodging their responsibility to step up action as is essential to address the climate emergency we now face.".

Thunberg's address came at the start of the UN Climate Action Summit, a day devoted to world leaders sharing climate solutions and new pledges for climate action. ", Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau said at a UN press briefing that the speech "moved us deeply. Days after millions of young people joined protests worldwide to demand emergency action on climate change, leaders gathered for the annual United Nations general assembly aiming to inject fresh momentum into efforts to curb carbon emissions. "This is all wrong," said Thunberg, the 16-year-old who launched a massive climate strike movement that drew millions to the streets last Friday. Right here, right now is where we draw the line.”. You are failing us’. Full video inside The eyes of all future generations are upon you and if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you. But it became apparent that most of the ambition was coming from developing countries, rather than the major polluters. Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová said her country would end subsidies to coal mines in 2023, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her nation would phase out coal power by 2038, among a series of climate targets, according to Climate Home News. “If you look at the US and Brazil, it’s a result of populist politics that is turning its back on the climate,” said Cavelier.

A new UN analysis has found that commitments to cut planet-warming gases must be at least tripled and increased by up to fivefold if the world is to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris agreement of holding the temperature rise to at most 2C above the pre-industrial era.

And all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. "And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. Become a BuzzFeed News member. "The Swedish activist emphasized that the science behind climate change has been "crystal clear" for more than 30 years, and yet the General Assembly, for all its words, had failed to take meaningful action. Greta Thunberg’s glare at Donald Trump is giving me the energy to get through this Monday. AP ‘How dare you,’ she roared. Because if you fully understood the situation and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. “China said absolutely nothing new, India mentioned commitments made in the past, the US, Canada and Australia aren’t here. When Thunberg testified before the US Congress last week, she submitted the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report on the climate impacts predicted with 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in lieu of prepared remarks. "Of those countries, 45 agreed to an additional protocol that allows children to petition the UN directly about treaty violations. Mon 23 Sep 2019 20.27 BST We are seeing governments showing up empty-handed. It was a speech packed with emotion. ET, Climate activist Greta Thunberg accused world leaders of failing her generation in a powerful, damning speech at the United Nations on Monday. People are dying. Thunberg’s speech was “very emotional and grounded in science”, said Alden Meyer, director of strategy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Zahra Hirji is a science reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC. ", "Her words and where she was coming from is so powerful," Colau said, later adding that these kids "have to act like adults in front of the actual adults. But Thunberg predicted the summit would not deliver any new plans in line with the radical cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are needed to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, told delegates that “the time for talking is over” in announcing a plan to ramp up renewable energy but didn’t announce any phase-out of coal – a key goal set by António Guterres, the UN secretary-general who convened the summit. Contact Zahra Hirji at zahra.hirji@buzzfeed.com. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. A Russian official announced it was finally ratifying the Paris climate agreement, making it one of the last countries to take this step. Ao continuar com a navegação em nosso site, você aceita o uso de cookies. Transcript: Greta Thunberg's Speech At The U.N. There’s a feeling that the big emitters are holding things back.”. "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. With today's emissions levels, that remaining CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less than eight and a half years. You are failing us, but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. “Falling short will represent the greatest failure humanity has ever seen. The environmental law nonprofit is co-counsel on the petition and details the specifics of the complaint — including why it targets five specific countries — on its website.Per an Earthjustice press release posted Monday, every country except the United States has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. ", To some observers in the climate world, the sum of climate pledges announced today was underwhelming. Watch Greta Thunberg's impassioned U.N. speech: 'Change is coming whether you like it or not', Greta Thunberg spoke at the United Nations.

Right here, right now is where we draw the line.

"We'll be watching you ... You'll come to us young people for hope. Thunberg said that world leaders were endangering children by ignoring climate breakdown. Climate activist Greta Thunberg accused world leaders of failing her generation in a powerful, damning speech at the United Nations on Monday. People are dying.". ", By Referring to Thunberg's climate strike movement, Abubakar added: "The strike all across the world just a test of something to come. Within that group of 45 nations, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey are pumping out some of the most pollution that causes climate change," the nonprofit added. How dare you!". Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, did set out the end of coalmining in her country but only by 2038 – a lengthy timeframe that disappointed environmentalists. "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," Thunberg added. she said.

But some other countries took on the mantle. Sommet de l'ONU: Greta Thunberg croise Donald Trump...et son regard en dit long. “We cannot allow our youth to strike every Friday without action,” Macron said, in reference to Friday’s global climate strikes. “They promised to protect the rights of the child and they have not done this,” she said at a media conference at the offices of Unicef. Yet, you all come to us young people for hope.

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