"Greta Thunberg Accuses World Leaders of 'Pure Madness' for Climate Failures at COP26"
"Rejecting the label of 'radical' that has been assigned to climate action advocates for decades, Fridays for Future leader Greta Thunberg addressed thousands of campaigners in the center of Glasgow on Friday as politicians at the United Nations' 26th Conference of the Parties unveiled plans to combat the climate emergency—plans, Thunberg and others at the rally said, don't go nearly far enough in limiting the heating of the planet to 1.5°C."
"Contrary to what many in power claim, Thunberg said, policymakers' apparent belief that 'our world can survive a 2.7° or 3° hotter world is not only extremely radical—it's pure madness.'"
"Thunberg's speech drew loud applause from thousands of young people who traveled to Glasgow from all over the world to march as the conference, known as COP26, marked 'Youth and Public Empowerment Day.'"
"'The people in power are scared of the truth, but they cannot ignore the scientific consensus and above all, they cannot ignore, us, the people—including their own children.'"
"'We don't need any more distant, non-binding pledges. We don't need any more empty promises... Yet that is all that we are getting and no, that is not radical to say.'"
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