After the conclusion of an agreement on Saturday at the COP26 in Glasgow (United Kingdom), Swedish activist Greta Thunberg lamented that the conference had come down to “blah, blah, blah”. “The real work continues outside of these rooms. And we will never, never give up, ”the emblematic figure of the Fridays for Future movement said on Twitter at the end of the world climate conference.
Tea # COP26 is over. Here’s a brief summary: Blah, blah, blah.
But the real work continues outside these halls. And we will never give up, ever. https://t.co/EOne9OogiR
– Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 13, 2021
A few days earlier, the activist had warned that an agreement described as “” small steps in the right direction “,” to make some progress “or” to gradually gain “is equivalent to losing”. Asked by AFP in mid-October, GretaThunberg already feared that, despite its “crucial” character for the future of the planet, the COP26 would not bring “big changes”.
“Glasgow Climate Pact”
Opened on October 31, the COP26 played extra time this Saturday, like many other COPs before it. Before the curtain fell on the Scottish Event Glasgow Campus, after fifteen days of intense negotiations, the 197 member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Cnucc) finally agreed on the texts of final decisions which recapitulate what they are committed to in Glasgow.
The COP26 adopted this Saturday a common text intended to accelerate the fight against global warming, but without ensuring to contain it at 1.5 ° C or respond to requests for assistance from poor countries. Dubbed the “Glasgow Climate Pact”, the text was adopted after two weeks of grueling negotiations, a hammer blow from the British president of the World Climate Conference and after last-minute changes introduced. by China and India on the issue of fossil fuels.