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Youth climate activists including Swedish teen Greta Thunberg (center) gather for a demonstration in Festival Park in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1, 2021, the first full day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26. (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
As activists gathered Monday outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland to protest world leaders' collective failure to address the worsening planetary emergency, a petition led by four young women at the center of the fight for climate action quickly gathered over a million signatures.
"This is not a drill. It's code red for the Earth."
The open letter--led by Sweden's Greta Thunberg, Dominika Lasota of Poland, Ugandan Vanessa Nakate, and Mitzi Tan of the Philippines--called world governments' climate failures a "betrayal." As of Monday afternoon, more than 1.2 million people around the world had signed the urgent call to action.
"We are catastrophically far from the crucial goal of 1.5degC, and yet governments everywhere are still accelerating the crisis, spending billions on fossil fuels," the letter states, referring to the Paris climate agreement's preferred goal for temperature rise this century.
"This is not a drill. It's code red for the Earth," the petition continues. "Millions will suffer as our planet is devastated--a terrifying future that will be created, or avoided, by the decisions you make. You have the power to decide."
"As citizens across the planet, we urge you to face up to the climate emergency," the activists implore. "Not next year. Not next month. Now."
\u201c"We can still do this. There is still time to avoid the worst consequences if we are prepared to change. It will take determined, visionary leadership. It will take immense courage, but know that when you rise, billions will be right behind you."\n\nSign! https://t.co/v0YcprQu09\u201d— Mitzi Jonelle Tan #EndClimateImperialism (@Mitzi Jonelle Tan #EndClimateImperialism) 1635674904
The letter demands that world leaders take the following immediate actions to address the climate emergency:
"We can still do this," the letter's authors insist. "There is still time to avoid the worst consequences if we are prepared to change. It will take determined, visionary leadership. And it will take immense courage--but know that when you rise, billions will be right behind you."
Addressing governments' inadequate response to the planetary emergency, Thunberg--who was not invited to speak at the conference--told a crowd outside the Glasgow summit on Monday: "We say, no more 'blah, blah, blah.' No more exploitation of people and nature and the planet."
\u201c"No more 'blah blah blah.' No more whatever the fuck they're doing inside there."\n\n\u2014 Climate activist Greta Thunberg outside the UN climate summit\u201d— The Recount (@The Recount) 1635781182
"No more whatever the fuck they're doing inside there," Thunberg added, drawing uproarious applause. "We're sick and tired of it, and we're gonna make the change, whether they like it or not."
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As activists gathered Monday outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland to protest world leaders' collective failure to address the worsening planetary emergency, a petition led by four young women at the center of the fight for climate action quickly gathered over a million signatures.
"This is not a drill. It's code red for the Earth."
The open letter--led by Sweden's Greta Thunberg, Dominika Lasota of Poland, Ugandan Vanessa Nakate, and Mitzi Tan of the Philippines--called world governments' climate failures a "betrayal." As of Monday afternoon, more than 1.2 million people around the world had signed the urgent call to action.
"We are catastrophically far from the crucial goal of 1.5degC, and yet governments everywhere are still accelerating the crisis, spending billions on fossil fuels," the letter states, referring to the Paris climate agreement's preferred goal for temperature rise this century.
"This is not a drill. It's code red for the Earth," the petition continues. "Millions will suffer as our planet is devastated--a terrifying future that will be created, or avoided, by the decisions you make. You have the power to decide."
"As citizens across the planet, we urge you to face up to the climate emergency," the activists implore. "Not next year. Not next month. Now."
\u201c"We can still do this. There is still time to avoid the worst consequences if we are prepared to change. It will take determined, visionary leadership. It will take immense courage, but know that when you rise, billions will be right behind you."\n\nSign! https://t.co/v0YcprQu09\u201d— Mitzi Jonelle Tan #EndClimateImperialism (@Mitzi Jonelle Tan #EndClimateImperialism) 1635674904
The letter demands that world leaders take the following immediate actions to address the climate emergency:
"We can still do this," the letter's authors insist. "There is still time to avoid the worst consequences if we are prepared to change. It will take determined, visionary leadership. And it will take immense courage--but know that when you rise, billions will be right behind you."
Addressing governments' inadequate response to the planetary emergency, Thunberg--who was not invited to speak at the conference--told a crowd outside the Glasgow summit on Monday: "We say, no more 'blah, blah, blah.' No more exploitation of people and nature and the planet."
\u201c"No more 'blah blah blah.' No more whatever the fuck they're doing inside there."\n\n\u2014 Climate activist Greta Thunberg outside the UN climate summit\u201d— The Recount (@The Recount) 1635781182
"No more whatever the fuck they're doing inside there," Thunberg added, drawing uproarious applause. "We're sick and tired of it, and we're gonna make the change, whether they like it or not."
As activists gathered Monday outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland to protest world leaders' collective failure to address the worsening planetary emergency, a petition led by four young women at the center of the fight for climate action quickly gathered over a million signatures.
"This is not a drill. It's code red for the Earth."
The open letter--led by Sweden's Greta Thunberg, Dominika Lasota of Poland, Ugandan Vanessa Nakate, and Mitzi Tan of the Philippines--called world governments' climate failures a "betrayal." As of Monday afternoon, more than 1.2 million people around the world had signed the urgent call to action.
"We are catastrophically far from the crucial goal of 1.5degC, and yet governments everywhere are still accelerating the crisis, spending billions on fossil fuels," the letter states, referring to the Paris climate agreement's preferred goal for temperature rise this century.
"This is not a drill. It's code red for the Earth," the petition continues. "Millions will suffer as our planet is devastated--a terrifying future that will be created, or avoided, by the decisions you make. You have the power to decide."
"As citizens across the planet, we urge you to face up to the climate emergency," the activists implore. "Not next year. Not next month. Now."
\u201c"We can still do this. There is still time to avoid the worst consequences if we are prepared to change. It will take determined, visionary leadership. It will take immense courage, but know that when you rise, billions will be right behind you."\n\nSign! https://t.co/v0YcprQu09\u201d— Mitzi Jonelle Tan #EndClimateImperialism (@Mitzi Jonelle Tan #EndClimateImperialism) 1635674904
The letter demands that world leaders take the following immediate actions to address the climate emergency:
"We can still do this," the letter's authors insist. "There is still time to avoid the worst consequences if we are prepared to change. It will take determined, visionary leadership. And it will take immense courage--but know that when you rise, billions will be right behind you."
Addressing governments' inadequate response to the planetary emergency, Thunberg--who was not invited to speak at the conference--told a crowd outside the Glasgow summit on Monday: "We say, no more 'blah, blah, blah.' No more exploitation of people and nature and the planet."
\u201c"No more 'blah blah blah.' No more whatever the fuck they're doing inside there."\n\n\u2014 Climate activist Greta Thunberg outside the UN climate summit\u201d— The Recount (@The Recount) 1635781182
"No more whatever the fuck they're doing inside there," Thunberg added, drawing uproarious applause. "We're sick and tired of it, and we're gonna make the change, whether they like it or not."
