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Greta Thunberg To Skip U.N. Climate Conference Over Vaccine Inequality: ‘Vaccine Nationalism Won’t Solve The Pandemic’

Charlotte Pence Bond
Greta Thunberg To Skip U.N. Climate Conference Over Vaccine Inequality: ‘Vaccine Nationalism Won’t Solve The Pandemic’
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Greta Thunberg, the teen climate activist, announced that she does not plan to attend the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow due to the fact that many people around the world still do not have access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Thunberg told BBC that she plans to skip the conference that is scheduled for this November. She is reportedly worried about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on people attending the summit and believes that it should be moved to a later date. According to BBC, “She says the UK government, which is hosting the summit, should wait until global vaccination rates have risen.” The purpose of the summit is reportedly to bring together world leaders with the goal of finding a way to address climate change.

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