Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg slammed corporate bigwigs meeting in Switzerland, for \u0022fueling the destruction of the planet\u0022
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Activists have been increasingly critical of the lack of action taken by governments and large corporations in recent years. “The changes that we need are not very likely to come from the inside , rather I believe they will come from the bottom up,” Thunberg said. “Without massive public pressure from the outside, at least in my experience, these people are going to go as far as they possibly can. As long as they can get away with it, they will continue to invest in fossil fuels, they will continue to throw people under bus for their own gain.
The conference came under criticism in recent days for installing the chief of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. as its president for this year’s event.But U.S. climate envoy John Kerry The Associated Press that he backs the decision, citing Sultan al-Jaber’s work on renewable energy projects..“I think that Dr. Sultan al-Jaber is a terrific choice because he is the head of the company. That company knows it needs to transition,” Kerry said Sunday after attending an energy conference in Dubai.
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