Swedish teen Greta Thunberg slams hate and threats over climate crisis activism
"You don't have to listen to us, but you do have to listen to the science ... and that is all we ask, to unite behind the science," activist Greta Thunberg tells politicians.
Some right-wing MPs boycotted the impassioned speech at the National Assembly by Thunberg, whose school strikes protesting government inaction over climate crisis helped sparked a worldwide movement. "We become the bad guys who have to tell people these uncomfortable things because no one else wants to, or dares to," said Thunberg, speaking in English at one of the parliament's conference rooms.
Republicans MP Guillaume Larrive called on MPs to boycott her appearance, saying that to fight climate change "what we need is scientific progress and political courage, not apocalyptic gurus." Bardella, 23, lashed out at "using children to show a fatalism to try and explain to all young people that the world is finished, that everything is going to catch fire and that nothing is possible."Thunberg insisted that the politicians had the right to stay away from her speech, but could no longer ignore the stark scientific truths.
"It is sad people are so desperate that they make things up," she told French youth news site Konbini ahead of her visit to parliament.
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