Greta Thunberg, December 13, 2019 in Turin.

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Five years after the signing of the Paris climate agreement, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg criticized this Friday in a three-minute video posted on social networks, "hypothetical and distant goals" and "empty promises" , calling again for immediate action on the occasion of a day of action for his Fridays for Future movement on Friday.

In five years, “a lot of things have happened, but the necessary action is still not visible on the horizon (…) we are still heading in the wrong direction,” said the 17-year-old.

A target set at 2030

"Distant, hypothetical goals are set, big speeches are made, but when it comes to the immediate action we need, we're always in complete denial and we're wasting our time with new loopholes, words empty and creative accounting, ”accuses the young activist.

The 27 member countries of the European Union agreed on Friday to raise its greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 - targeting "at least 55%" from the 1990 level, against 40% up to now.

The figurehead of Fridays for Future regularly calls for annual emissions targets now, not targets for 2030 or 2050 which are the subject of most international discussions and negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions. .

Greta Thunberg calls for "a change of system"

Despite the commitment signed in Paris to limit warming below 2 ° C, and if possible 1.5 ° C, compared to the pre-industrial era, the world is still heading towards 3 degrees of warming, warned on Wednesday. UN, stressing that the drop in greenhouse gas emissions due to the Covid-19 pandemic would have an "insignificant" effect.

“If you read the best science available, you will realize that the climate and ecological crisis cannot be resolved without system change.

It's no longer an opinion, it's a fact, ”said Greta Thunberg in this video posted Thursday evening, a few hours before the Fridays for Future day of action.

The movement demands in particular that the objective of 1.5 degrees be the only one retained, deeming it "non-negotiable".

On an online map, it lists 2,500 planned actions around the world, including many online events due to Covid-19.

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