Greta Thunberg Slams COP28 Deal as ‘Toothless, Insufficient, Another Betrayal’

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THUNBERG: “I think this COP has once again proven that the COP processes are not working in our favor. They are not designed to solve the climate crisis. They are more working as an alibi for world leaders to say that, ‘oh, we signed this,’ and then not actually doing anything. If the COPs would have led to anything, we would have seen results by now. Some people say that this is the first step, but we’ve already had first steps and that hasn’t led us anywhere. The emissions are still increasing, we are experiencing record highs. This text is toothless, and it is nowhere even close to being sufficient to keep us within the 1.5 degree limit. It is a stab in the back for those most vulnerable and it was undemocratic. It was signed when many island states were not in the room. That is completely unacceptable and we cannot talk about climate justice without having the most affected in the room. As long as we don’t treat the climate crisis as a crisis, and as long as we keep lobby interests influencing these texts and these processes, we are not going to get anywhere. We need to address the root causes.”