Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 summit: planet 'is being killed'

Greta Thunberg told the Cop31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, that the planet "is not dying, it is being killed" by world governments failing to prevent environmental breakdown, in her first UN climate talks appearance in five years. The 23-year-old Swedish activist criticized leaders for inadequate action, linking worsening global heating to conflicts like the war in Gaza, and said "no one is coming to our rescue." Her remarks came as British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, the only G7 leader present, promised net zero emissions. Current policies could heat the planet by 2.7C by century's end, per Climate Action Tracker. The US sent no delegation, drawing criticism from former official John Kerry, while Nepal's minister recounted a deadly glacier-induced landslide and Palestine's prime minister detailed environmental damage from the war with Israel.