Thunberg tweeted Friday morning in response to a BBC report which stated she had “no plans” to attend the summit, often known as COP26, which is because of happen in Glasgow, Scotland in November. 

“In fact I might like to attend the Glasgow COP26. However not except everybody can participate on the identical phrases,” Thunberg tweeted. 

She argued that many international locations had been vaccinating “wholesome younger individuals” towards Covid-19 on the expense of upper danger teams and front-line employees in different international locations. 

“Vaccine nationalism will not remedy the pandemic,” Thunberg stated, arguing that “international issues want international options.” 

Excessive-income international locations have been accused of vaccine nationalism, having purchased greater than 4.6 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, in response to knowledge launched in March by the Duke International Well being Innovation Heart. As compared, low-income international locations have secured simply 670 million doses of the vaccines. 

Thunberg additionally stated in her Twitter thread that even when the COP26 summit needed to be delayed as a result of pandemic, that “doesn’t suggest we now have to delay the pressing motion required” on local weather change. 

Sky Information reported final week that the summit could possibly be delayed for a second time as a result of pandemic. 

“We do not have to attend for conferences nor anybody or anything to dramatically begin lowering our emissions,” Thunberg acknowledged.

On the similar time, the activist stated {that a} digital convention could be “removed from optimum,” given the shortage of high-speed web and pc entry in sure elements of the world, which might additionally restrict equal illustration on the summit.