The disclosure came after Chancellor Rishi Sunak faced accusations of hypocrisy when he announced a cut in air passenger duty on short-haul flights and a further freezing of fuel duty in his Budget last week, just days before the opening of Cop26.
Greta was not given a formal invite to the conference.
"The Chinese will just says ‘we can’t take this guy seriously’," the PM was told.
'People who own a private jet, yacht and rockets shouldn't get to say anything about climate change,' said one Twitter user.
“A stopped train is nothing compared to the two million people displaced by flooding in Shanxi province in China, last month, and those facing famine today in Madagascar.”
One of the stark facts is that the last seven years were hottest on record ever.
Countries are planning production of oil, coal and gas over the next decade at levels that is “dangerously” out of sync with targets to curb climate change, the UN has warned.
“I think that many people might be scared that if they invite too many radical young people, then that might make them look bad," she said after not getting formal invite to Cop26
'Why would she be invited? She's just a school kid isn't she?' said a Conservative commentator on GB News.
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