AFP
Fri, May 26, 2023
The annual general meeting of TotalEnergies opened on Friday in Paris after police teargassed climate activists, as the oil giant also faces pressure from the French government to speed up the switch to renewable energy.
The demonstration caps a series of tumultuous shareholder meetings at major corporations in Europe as activists step up pressure on companies to reduce their carbon footprints.
"We regret that we had to take exceptional measures both in calling in the police and in strictly controlling access to this assembly," TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne told a few hundred attendees in a concert hall in the French capital.
French police earlier in the morning used tear gas to disperse protesters who had managed to sit on the ground in front of the venue, the Salle Pleyel, but ignored three warnings to move.
A couple of hundred protesters, however, remained on either side of the street blocked off by police outside the venue, as shareholders entered the hall.
The police said four people had been detained.
"All we want is to knock down Total," protesters chanted.
In reference to rising global temperatures, they also bellowed: "One, two and three degrees, we have Total to thank".
Some poured a black liquid over their heads.
The company wanted to avoid the chaos of last year when activists prevented some shareholders from attending the annual meeting.
This year, the firm placed two-metre (6.5-foot) high plexiglas screens to separate off speakers on stage from members of the public at the concert hall.
It also forbade attendees and journalists from using their smartphones inside the venue.
- 'Go faster' -
Climate campaigners are growing impatient with oil majors and other companies over their impact on the planet.
Energy giants posted record profits last year as Russia's war in Ukraine sent oil and gas prices soaring.
During the annual shareholders' meeting of British group Shell on Tuesday, activists sang "Go to hell Shell!"
TotalEnergies plans to allocate a third of its investments in low-carbon sources of energy and reach 100 gigawatts of renewable electricity capacity by 2030.
But France's energy transition minister, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, urged the company to speed things up on Friday.
"Total invests in renewable energies, but the challenge is to go faster, stronger and above all faster," she told FranceInfo radio.
Pouyanne told shareholders that "climate is at the heart of our concerns" and that his group has done more than others to invest in renewables.
But as world oil demand is growing and "if TotalEnergies doesn't respond to this demand, others will do it for us".
Climate campaigners are growing impatient with oil majors and other companies over their impact on the planet.
Energy giants posted record profits last year as Russia's war in Ukraine sent oil and gas prices soaring.
During the annual shareholders' meeting of British group Shell on Tuesday, activists sang "Go to hell Shell!"
TotalEnergies plans to allocate a third of its investments in low-carbon sources of energy and reach 100 gigawatts of renewable electricity capacity by 2030.
But France's energy transition minister, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, urged the company to speed things up on Friday.
"Total invests in renewable energies, but the challenge is to go faster, stronger and above all faster," she told FranceInfo radio.
Pouyanne told shareholders that "climate is at the heart of our concerns" and that his group has done more than others to invest in renewables.
But as world oil demand is growing and "if TotalEnergies doesn't respond to this demand, others will do it for us".
- 'The worst' -
Marie Cohuet, spokeswoman for climate campaigners Alternatiba, said TotalEnergies "embodies the worst of what is done in terms of the exploitation of people and the planet", Cohuet said.
One shareholder, who gave his name as Jean-Paul, defended himself as he made his way in.
"We are all concerned by climate issues, but there are also economic aspects, employment," he said.
TotalEnergies' some 1.5 million individual shareholders expected to attend the meeting online or in person are to cast votes twice on climate-related issues during the assembly.
Investors are first to vote on the group's proposed climate strategy.
They will then also be polled on a motion for TotalEnergies to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with the 2015 Paris accord's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The vote on the motion, which was put forward by 17 investors who together hold almost 1.5 percent of shares, is purely consultative.
TotalEnergies operations include liquefied natural gas and oil projects in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Papua New Guinea and Uganda, where it has come under fire for a pipeline project activists say threatens a fragile ecosystem and livelihoods.
The French giant has also sparked controversy over posting a record net profit of $20.5 billion for last year, how much taxes it pays in France, and how much it pays Pouyanne.
A 10-percent hike on part of his salary for this year was to be discussed at Friday's meeting.
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France: Police tear-gas protesters at TotalEnergies meeting
Police in Paris have scuffled with protesters demanding climate action from French oil giant TotalEnergies. The company's board opposes a resolution calling for a commitment to steeper absolute emissions cuts by 2030.
French riot police on Friday used tear gas and pepper spray as they clashed with climate protesters who were trying to block shareholders at oil giant TotalEnergies from going to their annual meeting.
The scuffles came as investors in the company are expected to vote on climate resolutions put forward by activist shareholders calling for faster cuts to the greenhouse gas emissions produced by TotalEnergies' oil and gas activities.
The company's board opposes the resolutions.
Last year, protesters succeeded in preventing some shareholders from attending the meeting.
What happened at the protests?
Dozens of protesters tried at dawn to access a part of the street near the Salle Pleyel, the concert hall venue of the meeting, which was blocked off by police trucks.
Police then tear-gassed some demonstrators who managed to stage a sitting protest in front of the concert hall after they ignored three megaphone warnings to disperse.
Protesters chanted, "All we want is to knock down Total" and "One, two and three degrees, we have Total to thank." There was also a banner reading, "The science is clear but Total is ignoring it."
Some poured a black liquid resembling oil over their heads.
Shareholders were escorted through the group of demonstrators into the venue by police, but were required to leave bags at the entrance and give up their smartphones for the duration of the meeting.
What's TotalEnergies' response?
The CEO of TotalEnergies defended his company's climate stance at the meeting.
"The climate is at the heart of our concerns," Patrick Pouyanne told attendees, saying his group had gone further than others in investing in renewables.
He also expressed regret at having had to "take exceptional measures both in calling in the police and in strictly controlling access to this assembly."
TotalEnergies has caused controversy not only by its stance on climate issues, but also for posting a record net profit of $20.5 billion (€19 billion) for last year amid fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and over how much taxes it pays in France.
Pouyanne's high salary has also come under critical scrutiny, with a 10% rise on part of it to be discussed at the meeting.
Growing climate protests
The protests come as climate campaigners step up their actions against fossil-fuel companies that are widely seen as ignoring the danger posed by global warming caused by human activity.
Protesters tried to storm the stage of Shell's shareholder meeting earlier this week and also disrupted BP's AGM last month.
Scientists say greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by at least 43% from 2019 levels by 2030 if the Paris Agreement's goal of keeping warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels is to be met.
Police in Paris have scuffled with protesters demanding climate action from French oil giant TotalEnergies. The company's board opposes a resolution calling for a commitment to steeper absolute emissions cuts by 2030.
French riot police on Friday used tear gas and pepper spray as they clashed with climate protesters who were trying to block shareholders at oil giant TotalEnergies from going to their annual meeting.
The scuffles came as investors in the company are expected to vote on climate resolutions put forward by activist shareholders calling for faster cuts to the greenhouse gas emissions produced by TotalEnergies' oil and gas activities.
The company's board opposes the resolutions.
Last year, protesters succeeded in preventing some shareholders from attending the meeting.
Police tried to remove the sitting protesters by force
Stephanie Lecocq/REUTERS
What happened at the protests?
Dozens of protesters tried at dawn to access a part of the street near the Salle Pleyel, the concert hall venue of the meeting, which was blocked off by police trucks.
Police then tear-gassed some demonstrators who managed to stage a sitting protest in front of the concert hall after they ignored three megaphone warnings to disperse.
Protesters chanted, "All we want is to knock down Total" and "One, two and three degrees, we have Total to thank." There was also a banner reading, "The science is clear but Total is ignoring it."
Some poured a black liquid resembling oil over their heads.
Shareholders were escorted through the group of demonstrators into the venue by police, but were required to leave bags at the entrance and give up their smartphones for the duration of the meeting.
Total, you are the eco-terrorists,' this banner reads
Thibault Camus/AP Photo/picture alliance
What's TotalEnergies' response?
The CEO of TotalEnergies defended his company's climate stance at the meeting.
"The climate is at the heart of our concerns," Patrick Pouyanne told attendees, saying his group had gone further than others in investing in renewables.
He also expressed regret at having had to "take exceptional measures both in calling in the police and in strictly controlling access to this assembly."
TotalEnergies has caused controversy not only by its stance on climate issues, but also for posting a record net profit of $20.5 billion (€19 billion) for last year amid fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and over how much taxes it pays in France.
Pouyanne's high salary has also come under critical scrutiny, with a 10% rise on part of it to be discussed at the meeting.
Growing climate protests
The protests come as climate campaigners step up their actions against fossil-fuel companies that are widely seen as ignoring the danger posed by global warming caused by human activity.
Protesters tried to storm the stage of Shell's shareholder meeting earlier this week and also disrupted BP's AGM last month.
Scientists say greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by at least 43% from 2019 levels by 2030 if the Paris Agreement's goal of keeping warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels is to be met.
DW (AFP, Reuters)
Oil majors go slow on green transition despite pressure
Nathalie ALONSO
Fri, May 26, 2023
Oil firms are making progress on reducing the burning of excess gas at oil and gas fields, but less on shifting to renewables
Most oil majors are stepping up investments in green energy but they are facing a barrage of recriminations and protests from activists for their refusal to completely forsake fossil fuels.
Campaigners again used a series of shareholder meetings in the past month to make their anger known and push energy firms to do more to shift towards solar, wind and other cleaner projects.
In the latest action, hundreds of protesters tried to block the gathering of France's TotalEnergies in Paris on Friday, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse some who sat in front of the venue.
Earlier this week in London, protesters demonstrated outside Shell's annual general meeting. Inside, activists interrupted the opening remarks of CEO Wael Sawan while others tried to take the stage.
Late last month, activists from Fossil Free London disrupted the speeches of BP's chairman and CEO.
Groups of investors are also demanding change -- even the Church of England's pensions board has weighed in, deciding to join others in voting against Shell's "green" transition plan and demanding more ambitions carbon-cutting targets.
Since 2021 the International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for a stop to new oil projects so the world meets the goal of keeping global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
But new oil fields are still opening as energy firms say they must meet the unabated demand for the fossil fuel.
"Climate is at the heart of our concerns," TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne told Friday's shareholder meeting as he spoke behind a plexiglass that was put up for the occasion.
He said his group has done more than others to invest in renewables but that world oil demand is growing and "if TotalEnergies doesn't respond to this demand, others will do it for us".
Shareholders later voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company's climate strategy, tough 30 percent backed a non-binding resolution from activist investors calling for more ambitious emissions targets.
- 'Tiny' investment -
Oil and gas groups -- which posted huge profits last year -- have set objectives to reduce emissions but their investments in renewable energy and carbon capture remain a marginal amount of their overall spending.
According to the IEA, such spending rose from one percent in 2020 to five percent of total expenditures by last year, still only representing a quarter of what energy firms paid out to shareholders.
European firms such as TotalEnergies and Equinor are doing better than their peers, but "their investment in clean energy is tiny compared to their capital expenditure on oil and gas expansion", said David Tong, global industry campaign manager at Oil Change International.
Other than renewables and carbon capture, energy firms also have expertise that could be put to use in the production of hydrogen, biogas, ethanol and low-carbon fuels, said Christophe McGlade, head of the IEA's energy supply unit.
"If they can direct more of their spending towards those technologies, that could really move the needle in terms of getting them to scale up, and getting the deployment levels we need to get on track with net zero," he said.
- Reaching net zero -
The emissions reduction efforts made by energy majors have concerned mostly their own operations, which represent only about 15 percent of their overall carbon footprint.
They have in particular been battling against methane leaks and reduced the burning of unwanted natural gas at oil fields.
Such measures have helped BP reduce its emissions by 41 percent from 2019 to 2022, and it has upped its 2030 target to a 50 percent reduction.
Even US oil majors, which have long resisted recognising the need to reduce emissions, have begun to do so. ExxonMobil plans to cut its proper emissions by a fifth by 2030, from 2016 levels.
But the bulk of the work is elsewhere: reducing the climate impact from its products as they are burned in cars or furnaces -- indirect emissions that account for 85 percent of the sector's overall carbon footprint.
Yet oil and gas firms are not cutting investment in fossil fuel exploration and production. The IEA forecasts that it will rise this year to hit the 2019 pre-pandemic level.
BP announced earlier this year knocked back its emissions reduction plans. Instead of a 35-40 percent drop in indirect emissions linked to its production by 2030, BP now targets a 20-30 percent reduction.
"If companies are banking on continued increases in oil and gas demand, they are implicitly assuming that we will not reach our net zero targets and not limit climate change," McGlade said.
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Nathalie ALONSO
Fri, May 26, 2023
Oil firms are making progress on reducing the burning of excess gas at oil and gas fields, but less on shifting to renewables
Most oil majors are stepping up investments in green energy but they are facing a barrage of recriminations and protests from activists for their refusal to completely forsake fossil fuels.
Campaigners again used a series of shareholder meetings in the past month to make their anger known and push energy firms to do more to shift towards solar, wind and other cleaner projects.
In the latest action, hundreds of protesters tried to block the gathering of France's TotalEnergies in Paris on Friday, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse some who sat in front of the venue.
Earlier this week in London, protesters demonstrated outside Shell's annual general meeting. Inside, activists interrupted the opening remarks of CEO Wael Sawan while others tried to take the stage.
Late last month, activists from Fossil Free London disrupted the speeches of BP's chairman and CEO.
Groups of investors are also demanding change -- even the Church of England's pensions board has weighed in, deciding to join others in voting against Shell's "green" transition plan and demanding more ambitions carbon-cutting targets.
Since 2021 the International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for a stop to new oil projects so the world meets the goal of keeping global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
But new oil fields are still opening as energy firms say they must meet the unabated demand for the fossil fuel.
"Climate is at the heart of our concerns," TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne told Friday's shareholder meeting as he spoke behind a plexiglass that was put up for the occasion.
He said his group has done more than others to invest in renewables but that world oil demand is growing and "if TotalEnergies doesn't respond to this demand, others will do it for us".
Shareholders later voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company's climate strategy, tough 30 percent backed a non-binding resolution from activist investors calling for more ambitious emissions targets.
- 'Tiny' investment -
Oil and gas groups -- which posted huge profits last year -- have set objectives to reduce emissions but their investments in renewable energy and carbon capture remain a marginal amount of their overall spending.
According to the IEA, such spending rose from one percent in 2020 to five percent of total expenditures by last year, still only representing a quarter of what energy firms paid out to shareholders.
European firms such as TotalEnergies and Equinor are doing better than their peers, but "their investment in clean energy is tiny compared to their capital expenditure on oil and gas expansion", said David Tong, global industry campaign manager at Oil Change International.
Other than renewables and carbon capture, energy firms also have expertise that could be put to use in the production of hydrogen, biogas, ethanol and low-carbon fuels, said Christophe McGlade, head of the IEA's energy supply unit.
"If they can direct more of their spending towards those technologies, that could really move the needle in terms of getting them to scale up, and getting the deployment levels we need to get on track with net zero," he said.
- Reaching net zero -
The emissions reduction efforts made by energy majors have concerned mostly their own operations, which represent only about 15 percent of their overall carbon footprint.
They have in particular been battling against methane leaks and reduced the burning of unwanted natural gas at oil fields.
Such measures have helped BP reduce its emissions by 41 percent from 2019 to 2022, and it has upped its 2030 target to a 50 percent reduction.
Even US oil majors, which have long resisted recognising the need to reduce emissions, have begun to do so. ExxonMobil plans to cut its proper emissions by a fifth by 2030, from 2016 levels.
But the bulk of the work is elsewhere: reducing the climate impact from its products as they are burned in cars or furnaces -- indirect emissions that account for 85 percent of the sector's overall carbon footprint.
Yet oil and gas firms are not cutting investment in fossil fuel exploration and production. The IEA forecasts that it will rise this year to hit the 2019 pre-pandemic level.
BP announced earlier this year knocked back its emissions reduction plans. Instead of a 35-40 percent drop in indirect emissions linked to its production by 2030, BP now targets a 20-30 percent reduction.
"If companies are banking on continued increases in oil and gas demand, they are implicitly assuming that we will not reach our net zero targets and not limit climate change," McGlade said.
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Glue, Soup And Grit: The New Climate Activism
By Clare BYRNE
By Clare BYRNE
AFP
May 26, 2023
Climate protesters pour oil-like liquid over themselves outside TotalEnergies' AGM, May 2023
Climate protesters pour oil-like liquid over themselves outside TotalEnergies' AGM, May 2023
Geoffroy Van der Hasselt
Police in Paris on Friday used teargas against activists who attempted to block the annual shareholders meeting of French oil giant TotalEnergies -- the latest standoff involving climate campaigners.
The clashes came in a week which saw police raid homes in Germany as part of an investigation into a group that has blocked streets and flung mashed potato at the glass covering famous works of art to raise awareness about the need for climate action.
Some activists say shock tactics are necessary to focus attention on the urgency of weaning the world off fossil fuels.
AFP looks at various eye-catching acts of civil resistance used by groups across Europe such as Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and Last Generation.
A Last Generation activist was left with a block of asphalt stuck to his hand
Police in Paris on Friday used teargas against activists who attempted to block the annual shareholders meeting of French oil giant TotalEnergies -- the latest standoff involving climate campaigners.
The clashes came in a week which saw police raid homes in Germany as part of an investigation into a group that has blocked streets and flung mashed potato at the glass covering famous works of art to raise awareness about the need for climate action.
Some activists say shock tactics are necessary to focus attention on the urgency of weaning the world off fossil fuels.
AFP looks at various eye-catching acts of civil resistance used by groups across Europe such as Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and Last Generation.
A Last Generation activist was left with a block of asphalt stuck to his hand
Tobias SCHWARZ
From London to Paris to Berlin, activists have taken to glueing themselves to streets to disrupt traffic.
Last month, activists in Berlin blocked dozens of streets, including a busy motorway, during rush hour.
Police had to use a drill to dislodge one activist, who was left with a slab of asphalt stuck to his hand.
Some of the protesters were given jail sentences.
Just Stop Oil campaigners said art lovers were more concerned with paintings than the planet Handout
Nothing grabs attention like soup dripping off a priceless artwork, as two activists from the Just Stop Oil group discovered when they emptied cans of tomato soup over the glass protecting Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery in October 2022.
The pair, who complained that art lovers were more concerned with paintings than the planet, were arrested and charged with damaging the frame (the glass-protected painting was untouched).
Their action spawned a slew of imitations. A man in The Hague glued his head to Vermeer's "Girl With a Pearl Earring", activists in Madrid stuck themselves to paintings by Francisco Goya and protesters in Germany flung mash at a Claude Monet.
Last Generation protesters smeared the facade of La Scala with paint, December 2022
From London to Paris to Berlin, activists have taken to glueing themselves to streets to disrupt traffic.
Last month, activists in Berlin blocked dozens of streets, including a busy motorway, during rush hour.
Police had to use a drill to dislodge one activist, who was left with a slab of asphalt stuck to his hand.
Some of the protesters were given jail sentences.
Just Stop Oil campaigners said art lovers were more concerned with paintings than the planet Handout
Nothing grabs attention like soup dripping off a priceless artwork, as two activists from the Just Stop Oil group discovered when they emptied cans of tomato soup over the glass protecting Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery in October 2022.
The pair, who complained that art lovers were more concerned with paintings than the planet, were arrested and charged with damaging the frame (the glass-protected painting was untouched).
Their action spawned a slew of imitations. A man in The Hague glued his head to Vermeer's "Girl With a Pearl Earring", activists in Madrid stuck themselves to paintings by Francisco Goya and protesters in Germany flung mash at a Claude Monet.
Last Generation protesters smeared the facade of La Scala with paint, December 2022
Piero CRUCIATTI
Red-carpet events have also repeatedly been targeted by activists, who accuse the rich and powerful of dining out at the planet's expense.
In December, campaigners from Last Generation smeared the facade of the famed La Scala theatre in Milan on the opening night of the new season.
Extinction Rebellion meanwhile attempted to stop private jets taking off during this year's Cannes film festival.
Protestors clash with riot police over a megadam in Fance, March 2023
Red-carpet events have also repeatedly been targeted by activists, who accuse the rich and powerful of dining out at the planet's expense.
In December, campaigners from Last Generation smeared the facade of the famed La Scala theatre in Milan on the opening night of the new season.
Extinction Rebellion meanwhile attempted to stop private jets taking off during this year's Cannes film festival.
Protestors clash with riot police over a megadam in Fance, March 2023
Thibaud MORITZ
In France, thousands of activists armed with bowling balls and other objects fought pitched battles with the police in March.
They were attempting to block construction of a reservoir for use in irrigation in the southwestern village of Sainte Soline, saying the megadam would distort access to water in times of drought.
The clashes left two demonstrators in a coma.
Activists protest at the Garzweiler lignite open cast mine in Germany, January 2023
In France, thousands of activists armed with bowling balls and other objects fought pitched battles with the police in March.
They were attempting to block construction of a reservoir for use in irrigation in the southwestern village of Sainte Soline, saying the megadam would distort access to water in times of drought.
The clashes left two demonstrators in a coma.
Activists protest at the Garzweiler lignite open cast mine in Germany, January 2023
INA FASSBENDER
In January, thousands of protesters descended on the German hamlet of Luetzerath in western Germany to try to prevent the deserted village being razed to make way for the expansion of an open-cast coal mine.
Some dug trenches in the ground, while others camped out in tree houses and erected giant tripods to try to keep the police at bay.
Several protesters were hospitalised after the police moved in to clear the site.
It's become so routine it's almost expected -- when the shareholders of oil majors such as TotalEnergies or Britain's Shell; big banks such as BNP Paribas and HSBC; or car giants like Volkswagen meet, climate activists are usually on hand to harangue them and their board over their responsibility in the climate emergency.
Scuffles between police and climate protesters outside TotalEnergies' AGM, May 2023
In January, thousands of protesters descended on the German hamlet of Luetzerath in western Germany to try to prevent the deserted village being razed to make way for the expansion of an open-cast coal mine.
Some dug trenches in the ground, while others camped out in tree houses and erected giant tripods to try to keep the police at bay.
Several protesters were hospitalised after the police moved in to clear the site.
It's become so routine it's almost expected -- when the shareholders of oil majors such as TotalEnergies or Britain's Shell; big banks such as BNP Paribas and HSBC; or car giants like Volkswagen meet, climate activists are usually on hand to harangue them and their board over their responsibility in the climate emergency.
Scuffles between police and climate protesters outside TotalEnergies' AGM, May 2023
Geoffroy Van der Hasselt
On Friday, shareholders arriving for TotalEnergies' annual general meeting in Paris were escorted past hundreds of protesters by riot police.
On Tuesday, activists who stormed Shell's annual meeting sang "Go to hell Shell!"
Greta Thunberg's 'school strike for the climate' has spread around the world
On Friday, shareholders arriving for TotalEnergies' annual general meeting in Paris were escorted past hundreds of protesters by riot police.
On Tuesday, activists who stormed Shell's annual meeting sang "Go to hell Shell!"
Greta Thunberg's 'school strike for the climate' has spread around the world
Hanna FRANZEN
The torch-bearer for a new generation of campaigners was a solemn 15-year-old with plaits, who in 2018 began skipping school every Friday to protest outside the Swedish parliament over its climate inaction.
Greta Thunberg gained cult status and went on to travel the world (by boat and train), urging world leaders to "listen to the science" on climate change.
Last year she told AFP she wanted to hand over her megaphone to campaigners from communities that are already being severely affected by climate change.
© Agence France-Presse
The torch-bearer for a new generation of campaigners was a solemn 15-year-old with plaits, who in 2018 began skipping school every Friday to protest outside the Swedish parliament over its climate inaction.
Greta Thunberg gained cult status and went on to travel the world (by boat and train), urging world leaders to "listen to the science" on climate change.
Last year she told AFP she wanted to hand over her megaphone to campaigners from communities that are already being severely affected by climate change.
© Agence France-Presse
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