Cop26 deal was very vague, climate activist Greta Thunberg says

Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on the main stage in George Square as part of the Fridays for Future Scotland march during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Friday November 5, 2021.

Activist Greta Thunberg said the climate deal reached by world leaders in Glasgow was “very vague” and left open the prospect climbing global emissions and the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Countries at the Cop26 conference agreed to “phase down” coal use, rather than “phase out”, after an eleventh hour change led by China and India, and the 18-year-old climate campaigner said the deal struck “succeeded in watering down the blah, blah, blah”.