'No more whatever the f*** they are doing' Thunberg in blistering COP26 attack on leaders
GRETA Thunberg launched into a brutal slapdown of COP26 delegates, accusing leaders attending the summit of only "pretending" to try to address the climate emergency.
Greta Thunberg fumes at world leaders and COP26 in rant
The 18-year-old Swedish activist spoke to fellow climate campaigners outside the venue hosting the COP26 Summit in Glasgow to deliver a brutal rant aimed at international leaders. Greta Thunberg cast doubt about the commitment of attendees to address the threat of the climate crisis, urging the crowd to lead the change. Ms Thunberg said: "Inside COP, there's just politicians and people in power pretending to take our future seriously, pretending to take the present seriously of the people already affected today by the climate crisis.
"Change is not going to come from inside there, that is not leadership. This is leadership.
"We say no more blah, blah, blah. No more exploitation of people and nature and the planet.
"No more exploitation, no more blah, blah, blah. No more whatever the f*** they're doing in there.
"We're sick and tired and we're going to make the change, whether they like it or not."
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She added: "They've kept on going for too long. It's not good enough anymore."
Ms Thunberg is expected to take part in demonstrations during the summit, including a march through the city on Friday, organised by campaigning organisation Fridays for Future Scotland.
The demonstration will walk from Kelvingrove Park to George Square.
She is also expected to speak at a rally taking place on Saturday, hosted by the Cop26 Coalition, which will march from Kelvingrove Park to Glasgow Green.
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On Sunday, Extinction Rebellion marched through Edinburgh in solidarity with protests taking place across the world.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reminded the conference hall that the six hottest years on record have occurred since 2015.
Other speakers, including activists from the poorer countries hardest hit by climate change, delivered a defiant message.
Brianna Fruean from the Polynesian island state of Samoa said: "Pacific youth have rallied behind the cry 'We are not drowning, we are fighting'
"This is our warrior cry to the world."
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of the dangers of rising temperatures, jeopardising food supplies for hundreds of millions of people, more wildfires, and eventually the loss of whole cities such as Miami, Alexandria, and Shanghai.
Mr Johnson said: "The longer we fail to act and the worse it gets and the higher the price when we are forced by catastrophe to act."
Coining a phrase from Greta Thunberg, he warned that the promises to limit global temperature rise under the Paris Agreement would be "nothing but blah blah blah".
And the anger and impatience of the world would be "uncontainable" unless Cop26 was the moment leaders got real about climate change, he said.
Queen warns leaders to 'rise above the politics' at COP26
The Queen also joined world leaders on Monday to welcome delegates to Glasgow and expressed a wish for world leaders to come together to tackle the risks of the climate crisis.
In a virtual speech, Her Majesty said: "None of us underestimates the challenges ahead: but history has shown that when nations come together in common cause, there is always room for hope.
"Working side by side, we have the ability to solve the most insurmountable problems and to triumph over the greatest of adversities.