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#TheWorldIsWatching: Youth Activists Direct Ire Over Climate Inaction at WEF Elite
Swedish climate activists Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, Isabelle Axelsson, and Vanessa Nakate take part in a "Friday for Future" youth demonstration in a street of Davos on January 24, 2020 on the sideline of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting.
Enough 'Blah Blah Blah' From Global Elites, Greta Thunberg Declares at Digital Davos
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg protests during a "Fridays for Future" protest in front of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm on October 9, 2020. (Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)
"I'm only here to once again remind you of the emergency we are in. The crisis that you and your predecessors have created and inflicted upon us."
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'Abolish Billionaires': Oxfam Report Shows Combined Pandemic Wealth of Richest 10 People Could Vaccinate World
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Oxfam believes billionaires are a sign of broken economic system and that extreme wealth should be ended," the international anti-poverty group said Monday. "We believe the world would be a better place if there were a lot less billionaires and a lot more nurses." (Image: Oxfam International)
"Rigged economies are funnelling wealth to a rich elite who are riding out the...
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'We Have So Much More to Do,' Youth Climate Activists Declare as Global Elite Close Out Davos Forum
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, Isabelle Axelsson, and Vanessa Nakate take part in a "Friday for future" youth demonstration in a street of Davos on January 24, 2020
"It is time to get out of our comfort zones."
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Clarice Akinyi washes clothes in Mashimoni village, Nairobi, Kenya
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Greta and school strikers in Italy
Greta Thunberg and 20 Youth Climate Activists Call on Davos Attendees to 'Abandon the Fossil Fuel Economy'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, on January 23, 2019 in Davos, eastern Switzerland.
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