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16-year-old, Greta Thunberg, confronts nation leaders at UN Climate Action Summit-2019
October 10, 2019 | | Comments Off on 16-year-old, Greta Thunberg, confronts nation leaders at UN Climate Action Summit-2019
At yesterday’s Climate Action Summit of the UN, Thunberg criticized the members of the UN for not being honest and not taking serious actions in terms of the climate change. The Swedish climate activist was received with applause during her speech but created controversy as well.
Thunberg directed her speech in a very confronting manner to the members of the UN. She built her speech around the catchphrase “How dare you?” which shows her disappointment of the situation and the way things have been handled until now.
She used facts and numbers to clarify her point and also named a few sources, for example IPCC. But the way she mentioned those facts was very confronting again.
In the speech, she still shows some hope in the UN. Even though she is very critical, she says “Because if you really understood the situation and still kept failing to act, then you would be evil. And I refuse to believe that.”.
After her speech and the UN meeting, 65 nations had announced that they will try to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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