Greta Thunberg, the 19-year-old Swedish climate activist on Monday described climate summits such as the Cop27 conference, scheduled to take place in Egypt next week as a 'scam' and that people in positions of power were “greenwashing, lying and cheating”.

Greta Thunberg, the 19-year-old Swedish climate activist on Monday described climate summits such as the Cop27 conference, scheduled to take place in Egypt next week as a 'scam' and that people in positions of power were “greenwashing, lying and cheating”. The Swedish activist also said she will be skipping Cop27. “I’m not going to Cop27 for many reasons, but the space for civil society this year is extremely limited,” said Thunberg in an interview. “The Cops are mainly used as an opportunity for leaders and people in power to get attention, using many different kinds of greenwashing, So, as it is now, the 'Cops' are really not working, unless of course, we use them as an opportunity to mobilise." “We’re right now in a very desperate position and many people are becoming desperate and are trying to find new methods because we realise that what we’ve been doing up until now has not done the trick,” she added. Read more: Greta Thunberg makes surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival Thunberg, who made waves for her crusade against the big corporates and governments said activists "must try to make people realise what a scam this is and realise that these systems are failing us." “Harming people is one thing and making someone annoyed is a different thing," she added. Thunberg may have been referring to the recent spate of environmental activists across the globe taking radical measures to make their voices heard. Environmental activists have been staging protests by hurling products at famous paintings and bursting into monologues on 'how to save the climate'. Read more: 'Woke' climate activists throw tomato soup at $84 million Van Gogh painting However, this is not the first time that Thunberg has called out greenwashing and the climate summits for being a sham. Earlier this month, in an op-ed in a leading western publication, Thunberg echoed a similar line by stating, "we’ve been greenwashed out of our senses." "It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to keep calling out the bullshit of our so-called leaders. I want to believe that people are good. But there really seems to be no end to these cynical games," she further wrote. Notably, the process of fabricating or exaggerating a product, service, brand, or even an entire company's green credentials is known as "greenwashing." Read more: Big brands like Coca Cola found guilty of 'greenwashing', what is this and why is it problematic? (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

Greta Thunberg calls climate summits a 'scam'; will skip Cop27 next month

Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday called for action, not praise, from US lawmakers as she joined other youth leaders in kicking off two days of meetings and speeches on Washington's Capitol Hill.

Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday called for action, not praise, from US lawmakers as she joined other youth leaders in kicking off two days of meetings and speeches on Washington's Capitol Hill. This week's events are intended to raise awareness ahead of a global "climate strike" on Friday when students and workers around the world are being encouraged to walk out of schools and jobs to demand action on global warming and pressure leaders due to attend the annual United Nations summit later this month. "Please save your praise. We don’t want it," Thunberg told the Senate Climate Change Task Force. "Don’t invite us here to tell us how inspiring we are without doing anything about it because it doesn’t lead to anything." The 16-year-old has inspired millions of students and others to join her weekly strikes to demand action to fight climate change - dubbed "Fridays for Future." Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planet’s greatest advocates. Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, she’s unafraid to push for real action. She embodies our vision at the @ObamaFoundation: A future shaped by young leaders like her. pic.twitter.com/VgCPAaDp3C — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 17, 2019 × She has been nominated for a Nobel Prize. Democratic Senator Ed Markey, chairman of the task force, called the growing number of young protesters the new "X-Factor" in politics and said their passion could play a significant role in next year's US presidential elections. "2020 is going to be a referendum on climate change," Markey told a news conference on Tuesday. "It will be a referendum between Donald Trump and a whole new Green New Deal direction." The Green New Deal is a non-binding congressional resolution Markey co-sponsored with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a fellow Democrat, that aims to transform the US economy away from fossil fuels within a decade. Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials have pilloried the plan as fantasy. President Trump, one of the few world leaders who openly question the science of climate change, has made a priority of rolling back Obama-era climate protections he says are not necessary and hurt the US economy. Anaiah Thomas, a 17-year-old climate activist and member of US-based youth movement Zero Hour, told the senators they need to take an urgent approach to climate change and support proposals like the Green New Deal. "What's most important is to decide to take action today. Not in five years. Not gradually. Not tomorrow," she said.

Swedish climate activist Thunberg asks US Congress for action, not praise

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has a simple wish for the future, she just wants everything fixed.

Sixteen-year-old Thunberg spoke to Reuters underneath a stage in Rome's Piazza del Popolo on Friday before she addressed thousands of Italian youth on the climate crisis.

"I think what I want for the future is just that we fix everything and that we fix the climate and the ecological crisis so that everyone lives in peace, I guess, very naive," she said, shrugging her shoulders.

Thunberg has inspired a movement of children against global warming but she says her fight is also seen in small changes she has made in her personal life. She no longer takes planes or goes shopping.

"I do many small things just to change my habit like I have become vegan, I have stopped flying, I have shop-stopped and small things like that," she said, patiently straining to hear questions over the noise of the speakers above.

The teenager has come in for some criticism with some saying she is stealing the limelight away from her cause.

"I mean I don't enjoy attention but I enjoy making a difference," she said saying she tries to make sure the climate crisis is always the focus.

But she warned the world did not have enough time to wait until she was grown up to change things, time was running out and politicians need to act now to save the planet.

"When I am grown up when I am old enough to become a politician, I mean it will be too late to act because we need to act now," she said.

"We can't wait for people like me to grow up and become the ones in charge," she warned.

Thunberg has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize, has addressed the United Nations Climate Conference and spoken at the European Parliament. But asked if she had plans to address the United Nations in New York, she said:

"I guess I would have to take a boat if I were to go to North America, so that would take a while."

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has a simple wish for the future, she just wants everything fixed. Sixteen-year-old Thunberg spoke to Reuters underneath a stage in Rome's Piazza del Popolo on Friday before she addressed thousands of Italian youth on the climate crisis.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has a simple wish for the future, she just wants everything fixed. Sixteen-year-old Thunberg spoke to Reuters underneath a stage in Rome's Piazza del Popolo on Friday before she addressed thousands of Italian youth on the climate crisis. "I think what I want for the future is just that we fix everything and that we fix the climate and the ecological crisis so that everyone lives in peace, I guess, very naive," she said, shrugging her shoulders. Thunberg has inspired a movement of children against global warming but she says her fight is also seen in small changes she has made in her personal life. She no longer takes planes or goes shopping. "I do many small things just to change my habit like I have become vegan, I have stopped flying, I have shop-stopped and small things like that," she said, patiently straining to hear questions over the noise of the speakers above. The teenager has come in for some criticism with some saying she is stealing the limelight away from her cause. "I mean I don't enjoy attention but I enjoy making a difference," she said saying she tries to make sure the climate crisis is always the focus. But she warned the world did not have enough time to wait until she was grown up to change things, time was running out and politicians need to act now to save the planet. "When I am grown up when I am old enough to become a politician, I mean it will be too late to act because we need to act now," she said. "We can't wait for people like me to grow up and become the ones in charge," she warned. Thunberg has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize, has addressed the United Nations Climate Conference and spoken at the European Parliament. But asked if she had plans to address the United Nations in New York, she said: "I guess I would have to take a boat if I were to go to North America, so that would take a while."

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Greta Thunberg calls climate summits a 'scam'; will skip Cop27 next month

Swedish climate activist Thunberg asks US Congress for action, not praise

'We can't wait for people like me to grow up and be the ones in charge,' climate activist Greta warns