Greta Thunberg

An international team of scientists has described a new species of the rainfrog genus Pristimantis from the cloud forests of Panama and named it after Greta Thunberg, a Swedish student and climate activist. The Greta Thunberg’s rainfrog (Pristimantis gretathunbergae). Image credit: Konrad Mebert. Rainfrogs of the genus Pristimantis are a…

Who would have thought that I’d ever agree with anything Greta Thunberg has to say? Yet, here we are, with the climate cult leader slamming Joe Biden for not being a leader, something every person on the right has long believed is correct. Of course, the details of why she’s…

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg ripped President Joe Biden for not leading on climate change and investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure in his first year. “I mean, it’s strange that people think of Joe Biden as a leader for the climate when you see what his administration is doing,”…

Greta Thunberg has accused the summit delegates of failing to take the crisis seriously enough. She declared that change was not going to come from inside the hall, but from her fellow activists outside. Of which there are many thousands here in Glasgow from all over the world. Meanwhile the…

45 governments, including the UK, have pledged urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming. Earlier we spoke to the Environment Secretary George Eustice. We began by asking him what, specifically, governments have agreed to at COP to protect nature? Read More

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The international COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has wrapped up with a global pledge, but climate activists, including Greta Thunberg, have dismissed it as a weak response to the climate crisis. CBS News reporter Cara Korte joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to explain what the agreement involves. Read More

Not everyone was happy with the final deal at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg expressed her dissatisfaction with the outcomes and said the real work continues 'outside these halls'.UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres also acknowledged the shortcomings of the agreement and warned of an impending 'climate catastrophe'.Paris…

Nearly 200 countries accepted an agreement to combat climate change on Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, marking an end to weeks of negotiation at the United Nations' COP26 meeting. But many environmentalists warned it does not go far enough—especially with a last-minute compromise on coal power. The plan includes a flurry…

A Greek restaurant helped Greta Thunberg escape huge crowds in the streets after the Swedish campaigner gave her powerful COP26 speech. The activist had just delivered her broadside to world leaders about climate inaction when she stopped to refuel at Elia in Glasgow’s George Square. As her party dined, a…