Activist accuses climate conference organizers of censorship
March 16, 2021
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BERLIN (AP) A Ugandan activist has accused organizers of a virtual climate conference of trying to censor her speech, in which she criticized world leaders for failing to do enough to curb global warming.
Vanessa Nakate said in her speech Tuesday at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue that organizers had cut her allotted time from five to three-and-a-half minutes, and demanded to see her script ahead of time.
She also claimed that the hosts of the conference, which is supported by the German government and featured speakers including U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, had instructed her and fellow activist Brianna Fruean of Samoa “not to name or shame leaders that would be taking part.”
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released a preview of its World Energy Transitions Outlook, just in time for the 7th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue. Its focus is on keeping the global temperature rise to 1.5 ℃ until the end of the century and bringing CO2 emissions to net zero by 2050, as well as the policy and financing requirements needed to get there.
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