Is it all mere talk on climate action?


On Sept 28, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (pic) threw down the gauntlet to world leaders and the media in her opening speech to the Youth4Climate summit in Milan: “We can no longer let the people in power decide what hope is. Hope is not passive. Hope is not blah blah blah. Hope is telling the truth. Hope is taking action.”

AT the end of this month, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), under the presidency of the United Kingdom, will begin.

This time around, expectations are high that something must be done to improve on the commitments made by governments at Paris COP21 in 2015.

On Sept 28, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg threw down the gauntlet to world leaders and the media in her opening speech to the Youth4Climate summit in Milan: “We can no longer let the people in power decide what hope is. Hope is not passive. Hope is not blah blah blah. Hope is telling the truth. Hope is taking action.”

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