Who uses Greta Thunberg and how?

When Greta Thunberg was 11 years old, she developed depression. She stopped going to school, eating, and socializing with friends. Her problems were exacerbated by classmates, as she was different from the others. Doctors diagnosed Greta with Asperger's syndrome, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and selective mutism, a condition that prevents a person from speaking in certain social situations, even when required.

Now, this girl, who once needed constant medical care, has become the face of a political project. While she is formally recognized as an eco-activist, in reality, she has long been used for political purposes. Recently, the Thunberg project has intensified its activities in the South Caucasus, starting with her appearance in Tbilisi.

In the capital of Georgia, Thunberg appeared alongside those eager to plunge the neighboring country into a state of controlled chaos. By doing so, she demonstrated that she is not an environmental activist at all, but a political pawn. Her handlers are those who seek to impose a subservient, vassal-like model of development on Georgia, trampling on the nation's sovereignty and interests.

What is most ironic, however, is that while physically in Tbilisi, Greta Thunberg attempted to discredit Azerbaijan, making prepared statements about the COP29 conference in Baku. From there, she declared she would boycott the UN Climate Change Conference—the world’s most significant environmental event of the year. Thunberg, who calls herself an eco-activist, chose not to attend the very event that addresses climate change on a global scale. After that, who can still call her an eco-activist?

Further confirmation of this lies in the fact that Thunberg has long demanded that the Swedish government adhere to the Paris Climate Agreement. Yet, despite the grave challenges the agreement faces, including the looming threat of record-setting temperatures in 2024—something discussed at the COP29 conference in Baku—Greta chose not to attend. If she were truly concerned with climate change, she should have been in Baku. But, as we can see, she chose a different path: that of primitive provocation.

Thunberg predictably found herself in Armenia, further distancing herself from environmental causes. If she were truly an eco-activist, she would have visited the outdated Metsamor nuclear power plant, which continues to pose a significant environmental risk to the region. This is not just my opinion—Antonia Venisch of the Austrian Institute of Applied Ecology in Vienna, in an article for National Geographic, called Metsamor "one of the most dangerous nuclear power plants still operating."

But no, while in Yerevan, Thunberg chose to make politically charged statements instead. She declared that "the world community should have addressed the issue of political prisoners, prisoners of war, and other detainees in Azerbaijan long ago." By "prisoners of war," she was referring to the former leaders of the Karabakh junta, responsible for numerous crimes against the Azerbaijani state and people, and who are now awaiting trial.

One of these individuals is Ruben Vardanyan, a Russian-Armenian millionaire. It would not be surprising if it turns out that Thunberg's tour of Georgia and Armenia is being funded by him. This would explain her unfounded claim that "the Armenians of Artsakh fought for their rights, for the right to live and exist." It is clear that Thunberg lacks a basic understanding of history. She seems unaware that it was Armenia that occupied and held 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory for more than a quarter-century, not the other way around.

Furthermore, Thunberg seems oblivious to the fact that four UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions called for the withdrawal of all Armenian forces from Azerbaijan's occupied territories. She also doesn’t seem to know that Armenia caused enormous ecological damage to Azerbaijan during its years of occupation.

For example, precious tree species—walnut, oak, Eldar pine, persimmon, and other protected species—were cut down for wood and exported to Armenia to make furniture, barrels, and rifle butts. Thousands of hectares of forest were destroyed due to new mining operations, pushing many tree species to the brink of extinction.

The Armenian media have also reported on the large-scale environmental crimes committed in the temporarily occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The Hetq publication, in December 2019, noted that between 2014 and 2018, more forest was cut down in the unrecognized "NKR" than in Armenia itself—175,300 cubic meters in Armenia compared to 404,800 cubic meters in Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2017 alone, 102,488 cubic meters of forest were cut down in Karabakh.

Additionally, there are over 160 deposits of valuable metals in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, including gold, mercury, copper, and coal, all of which were looted and exported abroad during the years of occupation. Yet Greta Thunberg has remained silent on all of this. She is a political project, used to amplify only what her sponsors and handlers dictate to her.