Climate activist Greta Thunberg

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg to storm into Davos (FRANCE 24)

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg returns to Davos on Thursday to press her battle against fossil fuels at the annual confab of the global business ...

"And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account." "Enough is enough," Gualinga told AFP earlier this week. "I agree with her efforts to stop that coal mine," Gore told a panel discussion on global warming, adding that young people around the world despaired of efforts by leaders to tackle the climate crisis.

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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.

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Greta Thunberg Accuses People In Davos Of Fuelling "Destruction ... (NDTV)

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg accused attendees of the World Economic Forum in Davos of "fuelling the destruction of the planet" as she arrived at ...

"They will continue to invest in fossil fuels. They will continue to to throw people under the bus for their own gain." Ms Thunberg said change will have to come from "the bottom up".

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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.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg says people in Davos 'fuelling ... (The New Indian Express)

The climate activist returned to Davos on Thursday to press her battle against fossil fuels at the annual confab of the global business and political elite.

"And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account." We call on them to end the fossil expansion. "Enough is enough," Gualinga told AFP earlier this week. They will continue to throw people under the bus for their own gain," she said. [@GretaThunberg], [@luisaneubauer]and [@SumakHelena]we wrote an open letter to fossil fuel CEOs. She added that it was "absurd ...

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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.

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Thunberg says Davos elite 'fuelling destruction of planet' (RFI)

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

"And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account." Unfortunately, the attention to climate change is sliding down," he said. 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. She added that it was "absurd...

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg to storm into Davos (Economic Times)

The 20-year-old Swede made a splash when she attended the forum as a teenager in January 2020, warning that "our house is still on fire" and complaining ...

"And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account." "Enough is enough," Gualinga told AFP earlier this week. "I agree with her efforts to stop that coal mine," Gore told a panel discussion on global warming, adding that young people around the world despaired of efforts by leaders to tackle the climate crisis. Climate change is a major topic at the World Economic Forum, where businesses and governments have come under pressure to do more to ensure that the world meets the increasingly elusive goal of limiting warming to 1.5C. The IEA, which advises governments, said in a report in October that the energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine was causing changes that could hasten the transition to a "more sustainable and secure energy system". The 20-year-old Swede made a splash when she attended the forum as a teenager in January 2020, warning that "our house is still on fire" and complaining that her demands had been "completely ignored".

Davos 2023: Greta Thunberg says energy companies throwing ... (Financial Post)

At Davos 2023, climate activist Greta Thunberg has said energy firms will continue to throw people 'under the bus for their gain.' Read on.

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