'You Have Stolen My Dreams and Childhood,' Swedish Climate Change Activist Greta Thunberg Tells UN
'You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing', says Greta Thunberg
United Nations, September 23: A visibly angry Greta Thunberg addressed a UN climate summit on Monday, accusing world leaders of betraying her generation through their inaction.
"You come to us young people for hope. How dare you?" she thundered. Greta Thunberg, 15-Year-Old Climate Change Activist to Sail on Zero-Carbon Yacht to America for UN Climate Talk.
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing."