Greta Thunberg and UN chief slam COP climate summits over fossil fuel lobbyists
Greta Thunberg criticized the COP31 climate summit in Turkey as hypocritical and "full of lobbyists," urging leaders to prioritize people and planet over profit. She returned to negotiations for the first time since 2021. UN Secretary-General António Guterres also condemned fossil fuel industries, stating they "continue to make fortunes while killing our planet" and called on governments to tax oil companies' windfall profits. He said fossil fuels "must go the way of the dinosaurs." The two-week summit in Antalya runs until November 20, with few major breakthroughs expected amid oil price shocks and geopolitical tensions. Turkey and Australia co-host while remaining heavily dependent on coal, and previous hosts like Brazil and the UAE are major oil producers.