# Thunberg condemns governments’ failure to tackle environmental breakdown at Cop31

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-planet-is-being-killed-greta-thunberg-tells-cop31-climate-summit/
- Published: 2026-11-12T16:39:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T16:48:43+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/12/greta-thunberg-cop31-climate-summit
- Topics: Climate, Geopolitics, Government, Politics, Science, World

## Key points

- Thunberg accused governments of failing to confront environmental breakdown.
- Current policies could lead to 2.7C of warming by 2100.
- Cop31 negotiations include proposals to electrify economies.

## Summary

Greta Thunberg condemned governments at the Cop31 climate summit in Antalya, accusing them of failing to prevent environmental breakdown and protect human rights. Her return to the annual UN talks after five years linked the climate crisis with conflict and warned that worsening global heating could undermine basic rights and make necessities luxuries.

The summit’s fourth day also featured British prime minister Andy Burnham, who called the UK’s record hot summer “not normal” and backed proposals to electrify economies. Governments have yet to agree on a phaseout of fossil fuels, while Climate Action Tracker estimates current policies could lead to 2.7C of warming by 2100, above the 1.5C target. Nepal’s environment minister described an August landslide linked to melting glaciers that killed more than 1,500 people.

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