Queen Elizabeth and Greta Thunberg Are Sending the Same Message on Climate Change. Will World Leaders Listen?

More than 75 years separate Queen Elizabeth II from climate activist Greta Thunberg, but both share similar reservations with world leaders who talk a good game on climate change but aren’t prepared to back it up with action. In remarks caught on a livestream Thursday, the British monarch was heard talking about COP26, the UN climate conference that begins in Glasgow later this month. “Extraordinary isn’t it. I’ve been hearing all about COP,” the Queen said in conversation with her daughter-in-law Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, and a Welsh official at the opening of the Welsh parliament. “Still don’t know who is coming … We only know about people who are not coming … It’s really irritating when they talk, but they don’t do.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Queen’s complaint, first reported by British newspaper the Daily Mirror, comes only two weeks after Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen who started the school strike movement, made strikingly similar remarks at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy on Sept. 28. “Build back better. Blah, blah, blah. Green economy. Blah blah blah. Net zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah,” she said. “This is all we hear from our so-called leaders. Words that sound great but so far have not led to action. Our hopes and ambitions drown in their empty promises.” Heads of government and state are expected to gather in Glasgow from...
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