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Greta tells crowd to ‘be the adults’ in the battle
ENVIRONMENT: 17-year-old activist berates officials for behaving like children
Greta Thunberg has taken aim at officials and governments as she told thousands of climate activists that “they are behaving like children, so it falls on us to be the adults in the room”.
The 17-year-old activist was the headline speaker at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate on College Green in the city.
Greta took aim at officials, saying: “Once again, they sweep their mess under the rug for us – young people, their children – to clean up for them.
“But we must continue and we have to be patient.
“Remember that the changes required will not happen overnight since the politics and solutions needs are far from sight.”
She earlier took to the stage to chants of “Greta, Greta” from the schoolchildren who had gathered in the rain.
She told them: This emergency is being completely ignored by the politicians, the media and those in power.
“Basically, nothing is being done to halt this crisis despite all the beautiful words and promises from our elected officials.
“So what did you do during this crucial time? I will not be silenced when the world is on fire.”
She then joined protesters on a march through Bristol city centre accompanied by a Samba band.
Speaking before Greta addressed the crowd, 17-year-old Mya-Rose Craig, who became the youngest person to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol last week, called for change.
She told the crowd: “Greta, welcome to our amazing city and thank you for being with us today.
“We have to engage with all of our communities in order to properly fight climate change.
“An unequal world can never be a sustainable one.”
Organisers said they were “honoured” to be welcoming Greta to Bristol for their 10th strike.
“After Thunberg founded the school strike movement, sitting in solitude outside of the Swedish parliament in 2018, millions of students across the world have been walking out of lessons monthly to protest government inaction on pressing climate matters,” they said.