Tag: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg

’30 years of blah blah blah’: Thunberg questions Italy climate talks

Summary Youth activists to meet policymakers at Milan meetings Gathering to prepare ground for United Nations summit Major polluters yet to produce new emission-cutting plans Meetings come as global energy prices soar MILAN, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a sceptical tone for […]

Thunberg: ‘Massive public pressure’ needed to galvanize climate fight

BRUSSELS, Aug 9 – Calling for “massive” pressure to fight climate change after Monday’s dire report by a U.N. science panel, activist Greta Thunberg said she plans to go to this year’s global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, after all. The major U.N. conference will test countries’ ambition […]

A Nobel for Thunberg? In the age of climate change and virus, it is possible

OSLO – This year’s Nobel Peace Prize could go to green campaigner Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement to highlight the link between environmental damage and the threat to peace and security, some experts say. The winner of the $1 million prize, arguably the world’s top […]

EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

BRUSSELS — Amid fierce criticism from environmental activists, the European Commission is unveiling plans Wednesday for its first ever climate law — the basis of the European Union’s Green Deal aimed at making the 27-country bloc climate neutral by 2050. With its proposals, the EU’s executive arm wants […]

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