Young Climate Activists at Davos Want Fossil Fuel Execs to ‘Cease and Desist’ New Oil, Gas or Coal Extraction – EcoWatch: An international quartet of prominent young climate activists attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week with a letter calling on fossil fuel CEOS to “cease and desist” any new oil, gas or coal developments.

The letter was penned by Greta Thunberg of Sweden, Helena Gualinga of Ecuador, Vanessa Nakate of Uganda and Luisa Neubauer of Germany and has so far been signed by nearly 950,000 people.

“This
Cease and Desist Notice is to demand that you immediately stop opening
any new oil, gas, or coal extraction sites, and stop blocking the clean
energy transition we all so urgently need,” the letter begins.

The four activists met Thursday with International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol during a side event at the World Economic Forum, as Reuters reported. While Thunberg spoke at the forum as an official delegate
in 2019 — urging attendees to “safeguard the future living conditions
for humankind” — this year she opted not to attend in an official
capacity and instead leave that role to other climate activists.

“I
think it should be people on the frontlines and not privileged people
like me,” she said, as Reuters reported. “I don’t think the changes we
need are very likely to come from the inside. They are more likely to
come from the bottom up.”