Greta Thunberg Vows to Skip COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt Over Alleged Human Rights Violations

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has revealed she will not be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt in November, branding the forum an opportunity for “people in power… to [use] greenwashing, lying, and cheating.”
Thunberg, 19, made the comments at the London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre on Sunday, which she attended while promoting her new book, “The Climate Book.”
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, is being held from Nov. 6 to 18 in Sharm El Sheikh.
Thunberg, who has become the face of the global climate change movement, condemned the talks for being “held in a tourist paradise in a country that violates many basic human rights.”…