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The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg went tough with the digital climate summit on the fifth anniversary of the agreement on the Paris climate agreement.

"At the Climate Ambition Summit, leaders celebrate their shameless loopholes, empty words, inadequate long-term goals and the robbery of current and future living conditions - and call it 'ambition'," the 17-year-old wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

“There are no climate leaders.

The only ones who can change that are you and me.

Together."

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Other climate protectors also expressed criticism of the announcements made by more than 70 heads of state and government.

"It is very disappointing that there was almost nothing to be heard today about how the necessary money for climate protection and adaptation in the Global South should finally be raised," said David Eckstein from the Germanwatch organization.

His colleague Rixa Schwarz praised the fact that, in addition to smaller countries, several states with large greenhouse gas emissions had presented improved climate targets by 2030 or climate neutrality targets by the middle of the century.

"Today has shown how effective the Paris Agreement is," she said.

The global climate movement is doing a big part of driving governments.

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On the other hand, Greenpeace boss Jennifer Morgan found that the virtual meeting did not even come close to what it needed - namely “leadership that listens to science and drastically limits emissions so that everyone everywhere - especially our youth - have a fair chance at one to give a green and peaceful world ”.

Apparently, many countries still lack the courage to stand up against the oil, coal and gas industries.

"I Am Greta"

It started in 2018 with a school strike on the street, and has now hit the big screen.

The documentary follows the climate activist Greta Thunberg on her mission to get people to rethink the climate crisis.

Source: film world