Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, delivered a powerful message at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.
Thunberg sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth, England, to attend the 2019 summit in New York. She began her voyage on Aug. 14 in a yacht equipped with solar panels and underwater turbines. The trans-Atlantic trip served as a demonstration on reducing emissions.
The teenage activist was visibly emotional when addressing the extreme impacts that climate change has had on the younger generations. In her remarks, Thunberg also accused politicians and legislators of evading the urgency of climate change. "People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We're in the beginning of a mass destruction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you?"at the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which drew a considerable amount of attention.
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