COP29: ‘You have every right to be angry’ Guterres tells youth advocates frustrated over lack of climate action
14 November 2024
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has told young climate activists that they have every right to be angry about the lack of progress on climate action.
“You have every right to be angry,” Guterres said at a meeting with youth delegates at the COP29 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. “I am angry too.”
“It is an outrage that the world has failed to respond to the climate emergency with the speed and scale needed,” Guterres said. “We have wasted decades of inaction and empty promises.”
Guterres said that the world is “on the brink of climate catastrophe,” and that “we need a radical transformation of our economies and societies.”
He urged young people to continue to speak out and demand action from their governments.
“You are the generation that will inherit the consequences of our actions,” Guterres said. “You have the right to a future that is safe, just, and sustainable.”
The youth delegates welcomed Guterres’s words, but said that they need more than just talk.
“We need action,” said Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist. “We need our governments to commit to real emissions reductions and to provide the financial support that developing countries need to adapt to climate change.”
“We are not going to give up,” said Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate activist. “We will continue to fight for our future.”
The COP29 climate summit is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6-18. The summit is the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The goal of the COP29 summit is to accelerate action on climate change and to secure a just and equitable transition to a net-zero emissions future.
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