Climate activist Greta Thunberg

2023 - 1 - 19

Greta Thunberg and other climate activists discuss the energy ... (CNBC)

Moderated by CNBC's Steve Sedgwick, the panel at Davos, Switzerland, will debate how the world can rapidly accelerate the clean energy transition.

Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] [The stream is slated to start at 5:15 a.m. [open letter](https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/davos_2023_loc/) to the CEOs of fossil fuel companies through the non-profit website Avaaz.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg demands end to fossil fuel ... (The Globe and Mail)

Greta Thunberg on Thursday urged IEA executive director Fatih Birol to stop the global energy industry and the financiers who support them from fuelling ...

They are more likely to come from the bottom up.” “I don’t think the changes we need are very likely to come from the inside. “As long as they can get away with it they will continue to invest in fossil fuels, they will continue to throw people under the bus,” Thunberg warned.

Fossil fuel giants 'throw people under the bus for their gain', Greta ... (Euronews)

Climate activists Vanessa Nakate, Helena Gualinga and Luisa Neubauer are with Greta Thunberg at Davos to demand a halt to new oil and gas projects.

[Food insecurity](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/food-security) is also a hot topic as biodiversity loss, extreme weather, and an increasing number of natural disasters take their toll, while energy and fertiliser shortages rage on. Together, they are demanding a halt to new [oil and gas](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/fossil-fuels) projects. Major energy firms including BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco are among the 1,500 business leaders gathering in Davos alongside state leaders. This year, it seems so far that she is just heading there to protest. [decarbonisation](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/13/g7s-new-climate-club-promises-to-promote-socially-just-transition-to-net-zero) of industries and the energy transition top the agenda for 2023, with a focus on new technologies, including more [sustainable fuel](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/11/new-solar-powered-technology-can-transform-plastic-waste-into-sustainable-fuels-and-cosmet) sources and [green hydrogen](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/29/green-hydrogen-fuel-of-the-future-has-big-potential-but-a-worrying-blind-spot-scientists-w). [Greenpeace](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/greenpeace) gathered in snowy Davos to demand a [climate tax](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/tax) on the super-rich attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting. [private jets](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/12/private-jets-and-short-haul-flights-face-pollution-busting-tax-increases-in-belgium). We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening." "We are not winning. “Enough is enough!” [coal](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/13/bulgaria-rolls-back-plans-to-phase-out-coal-amid-fears-over-energy-and-job-security) extraction sites, and stop blocking the clean [energy transition](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/energy-transition) we all so urgently need.” [fossil fuels](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/13/exxon-accurately-predicted-climate-change-in-the-70s-which-other-fossil-fuel-giants-knew-t), the activists say it’s time to stop [misleading](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/greenwashing) the public and deceiving politicians on the climate crisis.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg visit spotlights lack of climate action ... (Republic World)

Thunberg was joined by prominent young activists Vanessa Nakate, Helena Gualinga and Luisa Neubauer in a roundtable with International Energy Agency ...

Gore said Wednesday at Davos that there is a divide "between those who are old enough to be in positions of power and the young people of this world.” He added that climate activists “have come to the conclusion that the people in authority are not doing their job.” But she acknowledged that while they have a role, “they're not the answer.” “The changes that we need are not very likely to come from the inside (of the Davos meeting), rather I believe they will come from the bottom up,” Thunberg said. 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.” Thunberg did not attend the latest U.N. The activists brought a “cease and desist” letter calling on the heads of fossil fuel companies to stop all new oil and natural gas projects, signed by nearly 900,000 people. Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Thursday slammed corporate bigwigs meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for “fueling the destruction of the planet” by investing in fossil fuels and prioritizing short-term profits over people affected by the climate crisis.

Greta Thunberg accuses Davos billionaires of 'fuelling the ... (Daily Mail)

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was ...

Unfortunately, the attention to climate change is sliding down,' he said. 'And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account.' They will continue to throw people under the bus for their own gain,' she said. This is criminal behaviour,' she said. 'We are taking a very dangerous path. Two days after police briefly detained her at a protest against a coal mine in Germany, Thunberg and other young campaigners took part in a debate on the sidelines of the summit of global investors, CEOs and political leaders in the Swiss Alps.

Greta Thunberg tells Davos public pressure is key to combatting ... (The National)

The Swedish climate activist said she is not in the position to tell “over-exploited countries” what to do.

[Fatih Birol](https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2023/01/17/davos-2023-energy-security-the-biggest-driver-of-renewables-growth-iea-chief-says/), IEA Executive Director, who took part in the roundtable discussion alongside the activists, warned “attention to climate change is sliding down” the agenda. She returned to school after the election, but continued to miss classes on Fridays to campaign for more action on climate change. [Ms Thunberg](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/2022/04/01/new-greta-thunberg-book-addresses-planets-greatest-challenges/) said real change will require mobilising a “critical mass of people”. [climate action](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2023/01/18/un-chief-antonio-guterres-tells-davos-climate-fight-going-up-in-smoke-due-to-inaction/).” [Ms Thunberg](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/10/05/aspergers-gave-me-unique-perspective-on-climate-crisis-says-greta-thunberg/) appeared alongside three other activists, Helena Gualinga from Ecuador, Vanessa Nakate from Uganda and Luisa Neubauer from Germany. [Ms Thunberg](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2022/10/28/greta-thunberg-accuses-polluters-of-cheating-on-emissions-cuts/) said the climate crisis “boils down to justice and what has already happened”. [World Economic Forum in Davos](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2023/01/18/scholz-tells-davos-to-invest-in-germanys-green-transition/), two days after police briefly detained her at a [protest against a coal mine in Germany](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2023/01/18/greta-thunberg-released-detention/), Ms Thunberg was asked whether developing countries should use fossil fuels.