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The planet ‘is being killed’, Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 climate summit

Swedish activist criticised world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown The planet is “not dying, it is being killed and we know by who”, said Greta Thunberg, who excoriated world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown in her first appearance at the annual UN climate talks in five years. Thunberg , the Swedish activist who became famous for heading the school clim…

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World leaders including UK prime minister Andy Burnham addressed the summit today, as talks near the end of the first week Zack Polanski , leader of the Green party in the UK, criticised Andy Burnham’s Cop31 speech on Radio 4’s Today programme. Saying he was “not at all reassured” by the prime minister’s words, he described it as a “bizarre” speech. Polanski said climate action is about what you do, not what you say…

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The planet ‘is being killed’, Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 climate summit

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Cop31 as it happened: ‘No one is coming to rescue us,’ Greta Thunberg tells climate summit

World leaders including UK prime minister Andy Burnham addressed the summit today, as talks near the end of the first week Zack Polanski , leader of the Green party in the UK, criticised Andy Burnham’s Cop31 speech on Radio 4’s Today programme. Saying he was “not at all reassured” by the prime minister’s words, he described it as a “bizarre” speech. Polanski said climate action is about what you do, not what you say…

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Greta Thunberg: The planet is being killed

Climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers a stark warning at COP31.

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