SustainedAbility in Reuters: U.N. climate talks have 'failed the people', activists say
U.N. climate talks have 'failed the people', activists say
“Many said the summit, known as COP25, had “failed the people and the planet” and called for “climate justice” instead of an outcome tilted toward the interests of powerful polluters.
In the formal talks, European governments, small island states and the poorest nations struggled to persuade big-emitting countries - from the United States and Brazil to India, China and Japan - to commit in 2020 to making their climate action plans more ambitious.
Jason Boberg, a New Zealand disability rights campaigner and filmmaker, told the people’s assembly those with disabilities faced serious threats from climate change.
“From fires and power shut-offs in California to floods and other disasters, disabled people... are the first to be left behind and the first to die,” he said.”
- Extract of article by Megan Rowling, Reuters. Read the full article at Reuters below