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12-year-old climate activist Licypriya Kangujam storms stage at COP28 Summit


Aayushi Sharma

At the COP28 summit in Dubai, several nations battled over a potential deal to phase out fossil fuels, endangering efforts to produce the first-ever pledge to gradually phase out the use of oil and gas in 30 years of global warming discussions.

According to Reuters, A climate justice activist from Manipur, India, Licypriya Kangujam was escorted away as the audience clapped. Her protest was against the use of fossil fuels. She delivered a speech after rushing onto the COP28 stage in Dubai. The 12-year-old demonstrator burst onto the stage during the climate meeting in Dubai on Monday, waving a placard above her head that read, “Save our planet and our future.” COP28 Director-General Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi urged the audience to give Kangujam another round of applause, expressing his admiration for the young activist’s zeal. 

She uploaded the event’s footage to X and stated, “They detained me for over 30 minutes after this protest. My only crime- Asking to Phase Out Fossil Fuels, the top cause of climate crisis today. Now they kicked me out of COP28.”

The phasing out of fossil fuels was a topic of discussion at COP28, with nearly 200 countries participating in the effort to find a solution.

This year’s climate conference in Dubai was attended by almost 60,000 delegates from 190 different countries. The 12-year-old Licyprya was Timor Leste’s Special Envoy. 

References:

https://www.businesstoday.in/cop28/story/12-year-old-indian-climate-activist-licypriya-storms-stage-at-cop28-summit-gets-detained-409032-2023-12-12

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/end-fossil-fuels-protester-storms-stage-cop28-summit-2023-12-11/

https://twitter.com/LicypriyaK/status/1734450203976249665/photo/1

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