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

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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 climate strike movement, delivered her stark message to those gathered at the Cop31 summit in Antalya, Turkey, amid the ongoing failure by countries to adequately address the climate crisis.

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