Key facts
- Thunberg, 23, arrived at the COP31 venue in Antalya, Turkey, on November 10, 2026.
- Thunberg said climate change is "threatening everything" and that "everything and everyone we love is at stake."
- Thunberg said political and economic systems "have become incompatible with human nature" and called for structural change.
- The AP reported Thunberg is attending her first U.N. climate summit since the 2021 COP in Glasgow, Scotland.
- The AP reported Thunberg is expected to join the Antalya talks for a few days.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived at the COP31 United Nations climate meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on November 10, 2026, and told reporters that climate change is "threatening everything" and that "everything and everyone we love is at stake."
Thunberg, 23, said governments should protect people rather than sacrifice "the global majority and the very planet we are all living on, for a fortunate few to keep making unimaginable profits and maintaining geopolitical power." She said structural changes are needed because current political and economic systems "have become incompatible with human nature."
The Associated Press reported that Thunberg is attending her first U.N. climate summit since the 2021 COP in Glasgow, Scotland, where she dismissed promises by global leaders as "blah, blah, blah." In 2024, she joined a protest rally in Georgia against Azerbaijan hosting that year's talks, accusing Azerbaijan of using the summit to "greenwash their crimes and human rights abuses."
The AP reported that Thunberg is expected to join the Antalya talks for a few days. The AP said this year's meeting follows a year of climate-induced heat waves and other disasters.