Greta Thunberg calls site of COP29 climate summit ‘beyond absurd’

The Washington Post ^ | November 12, 2024 | staff

[KingofZion]

Roughly 100 world leaders are traveling to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the U.N. Climate Change Conference — even as scores are skipping the annual talks, known this year as COP29.

In a Tuesday address before world leaders speak at the summit, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres described the previous year as a “master class in climate destruction,” adding, “The sound you hear is the ticking clock.” He also expressed optimism about the transition to clean energy, saying that “no group, no business, and no government” can stop it.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg chose to skip the conference: Speaking Monday at a protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, she called the summit’s host Azerbaijan “an authoritarian petrostate” and added that the choice of location was “beyond absurd.”

President Joe Biden does not plan to travel to Baku, but the United States has sent a high-powered delegation in an effort to underline its work to address climate change ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

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[kempster]

Can we finally stop listening to this little punk?

[SaxxonWoods]

Was she crouched next to a burning EV battery for heat when she gave her take?