translated from Spanish: Minister Schmidt on meeting with Greta Thunberg: we want “she to help us get the world to act”

Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt referred this Sunday to her meeting with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, before she visited Chile to attend COP25. Secretary of State and Thunberg will meet on September 23, when they are both present at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. In this regard, Schmidt in an interview with TVN’s State National program stated that the young activist “has been a voice to the world of the need to act, Chile has been able to raise its voice from the reachof the world so that the world acts in climate action with tremen leadership, and she has rightly lifted young people and the world into an imperious call for climate action.” The secretary of state added that “we want it precisely for her to help us get the world to act.” It also referred to preparations for the implementation of COP25 in December in the commune of Cerrillos, explaining that they had already raised 82 of the $90 million needed. In this sense, he detailed that “we have these $7 million left that we need, just in the venue,” which is where we are receiving and where the meetings are going to be held.” In addition, it assured that the funds would be used in “concrete measures of climate action and, therefore, we are developing those measures. Now, we need more resources to be able to do so and be able to act, but we are with a very important step forward in that.” Schmidt concluded, noted that Chile will reaffirm its commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050 and implement a powerful climate agenda.

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