Thunberg: 'Massive public pressure' needed to galvanize climate fight

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Greta Thunberg said she plans to go to this year’s global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

FILE PHOTO: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the rally ''Europe Climate Strike'' in BrusselsBRUSSELS -Calling for "massive" pressure to fight climate change after Monday's dire report by a U.N. science panel, activist Greta Thunberg said she plans to go to this year’s global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, after all.

"I hope that this can be a wake up call, in every possible way," Thunberg said of the report, in an interview with Reuters. But Britain’s offer in June to vaccinate delegates assuages some of that concern, the 18-year-old Swedish campaigner said.

 

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