Greta Thunberg promises ‘net zero’ on swearing

Greta Thunberg has sworn up a storm at COP26 in Glasgow inviting much criticism but the teen climate activist had a message for her haters.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has promised to go “net-zero” on swearing.

The teenage climate fighter spoke about people being “p****d off” by protests and was also filmed singing “You can shove your climate crisis up your a**e” while outside the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

But Following a backlash by some over her choice in words, Thunberg posted a tongue-in-cheek response to her five million Twitter followers on Wednesday local time.

“I am pleased to announce that I’ve decided to go net-zero on swear words and bad language. In the event that I should say something inappropriate I pledge to compensate that by saying something nice. #COP26,” she wrote.

Greta Thunberg says the leaders of the world are not doing enough to reduce emissions. Picture: Getty Images

The teen activist has regularly recycled terms and phrasing used by world leaders as examples of progress on the climate crisis, and instead called their phrases the rhetoric as empty words and unfulfilled promises.Thunberg made a speech at the recent Youth for Climate conference in which she roasted leaders, suggesting their climate talk amounted to “blah, blah, blah”.

On Monday, Thunberg joined other “Fridays for Future” activists at a demonstration at Festival Park in Glasgow, near the UN climate summit, where she once again mocked politicians for their inaction on climate.She said the politicians and delegates gathered at the COP talks were “pretending to take our future seriously”.

“Change is not going to come from inside there. That is not leadership, this is leadership,” Thunberg added, referring to the group of protesters assembled outside.

I am pleased to announce that I’ve decided to go net-zero on swear words and bad language. In the event that I should say something inappropriate I pledge to compensate that by saying something nice. #COP26

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 3, 2021

“This is what leadership looks like. We say no more blah blah blah, no more exploitation of people and nature and the planet... No more whatever the f**k they’re doing inside there,” she continued.

Over the weekend, the environmental campaigner received a rock star welcome when she was mobbed by supporters at Glasgow’s Central Station.

GRETA UNLEASHES ON WORLD LEADERS AT SUMMIT

Earlier, Thunberg condemned world leaders for their lack of action on climate change in an expletive-filled speech to COP26 protesters.

Thousands of delegates queued around the block to get into the UN’s climate conference in Glasgow on Monday, negotiating airport-style security in the locked-down city centre.

On nearby streets, protesters began lively demonstrations to keep up the pressure.

Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who gathered in a nearby park, carrying banners with slogans like “We are watching”.

Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest near the COP26 venue at the SEC in Glasgow. Picture: Getty Images

They marched across the river to directly opposite the venue chanting “We are unstoppable, another world is possible!”.

Speaking at the Festival Park gathering, Thunberg said that heads of government were not doing enough to save the planet from disaster.

She said: “No more blah blah blah, no more whatever the f*** they are doing inside there.

“Inside Cop, there are just politicians and people in power pretending to take our future seriously, pretending to take the present seriously. Change is not going to come from inside there, that is not leadership – this is leadership … We say no more blah blah blah, no more exploitation of people and the planet.”

The 18-year-old didn’t hold back in a speech to protesters. Picture: AFP

The 18-year-old arrived in Glasgow on Sunday by train and is set to take part in two large protests through the city.

It comes as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of the “uncontainable” public anger if the conference fell flat.

If the leaders “fluff our lines or miss our cue”, generations as-yet unborn “will not forgive us”, the prime minister said.

More than 120 world leaders are attending the historic climate talks over two days.

US President Joe Biden apologised for his predecessor Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris deal.

Observers, however, were unimpressed with Monday’s announcements.

“More is needed to turn words into action,” said Thomas Damassa, Oxfam America’s associate director for Climate Change.

“The US must work with other countries to secure a strong outcome that ratchets up emission reductions by major economies.”

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