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MADRID - A U.N. climate summit closed on Sunday with major states snubbing calls for tougher action to combat global warming, prompting sharp criticism from smaller countries and environmental activists.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres:
“The international community lost an important opportunity to show increased ambition on mitigation, adaptation and finance to tackle the climate crisis. We must not give up and I will not give up.”“We lack the ambition needed to avoid this climate emergency. Our leaders need to step up. The world would have looked very different if young people were in charge today.”“The results of the meeting did not meet our expectations...
Ronan McNern, a spokesman for civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion, after dumping a pile of horse manure near the entrance of the summit: “Out of shit come the best roses. We hope that the international community comes together to create a beautiful future.”A woman carries her luggage past a sign of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
“An utter failure. COP25 & conferences like it are intended to be actual negotiations to urgently draw down global carbon emissions - not cocktail parties to make politicians feel better about themselves as they squash dissent & sell off our futures to fossil fuel interests.
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