- Title: Activist Greta Thunberg not very optimistic about Italy climate talks
- Date: 28th September 2021
- Summary: MILAN, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SWEDISH ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG ARRIVING AT THE VENUE FOR YOUTH4CLIMATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) SWEDISH ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG, SAYING (STARTS WITH: "Well, we expect it to be like any other meeting, to be honest, lots of talking. But of course, it doesn’t necessarily have to be like that, we are going to try to, I guess, there are many people who are trying to make it not like that but as it looks now it will probably just be another meeting." / SHOT OF MEDIA FILMING / THUNBERG SMILING /JOURNALIST ASKING ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING TO HER GRETA, SAYING: “No they don’t.†MEDIA SURROUNDING THUNBERG / THUNBERG WALKING AWAY VARIOUS OF THUNBERG WALKING THROUGH CORRIDOR AHEAD OF MEETING
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- Keywords: COP26 Greta Thunberg Youth4Climate climate change environment pre-COP
- Location: MILAN, ITALY
- City: MILAN, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Climate Change,Climate Policy and Regulation,Environment,Europe,General News
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- Story Text: Greta Thunberg is not very optimistic about the climate talks held in Italy this week, the environmental youth activist said as she arrived at the venue in Milan on Tuesday (September 28).
Thousands of young people, including Thunberg, will converge on Milan this week, with some 400 from about 190 countries set to meet policymakers, either remotely or in person, to hammer out proposals to tackle global warming.
Their proposals will be vetted by climate and energy ministers who are gathering at the same venue in Italy's financial centre for their pre-COP26 meeting later in the week, and the best will be sent on for consideration at the summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
When asked whether she expected much from the talks, Thunberg said:
"To be honest, not a lot ... we are expecting it to be just like any other meeting, with lots of talking," she told journalists.
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