Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist stormed world leaders at the UN Climate Change summit in New York with her powerful words.
Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist stormed world leaders at the UN Climate Change summit in New York with her powerful words.
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," she said as she spoke about the dangerous global heating across the world.
'How dare you?': 16-year-old Greta Thunberg slams world leaders over inaction on climate change
The Climate Change summit was hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to give a boost to the 2015 Paris Agreement and address the global climate emergency.
While many were shaken by the emotional speech, Indian cricket opener Rohit Sharma took to Twitter to appreciate the 16-year-old calling her an inspiration.
He tweeted, "Leaving the saving of our planet to our children is utterly unfair. @GretaThunberg, you're an inspiration. There are no excuses now. We owe the future generations a safe planet. The time for change is now".
Thunberg has been protesting outside the Swedish Parliament every Friday since August 2018 against inaction over climate change.
The teenager said that the popular idea of cutting down emissions in half in ten years only gives a 50 per cent chance of staying below 1.5 degrees and the risk of the setting of irreversible chain reactions beyond human control.
As far as cricket is concerned, the Hitman has acquired a place in the Test series against South Africa instead of KL Rahul.
India will play in a two-match Test series against the Proteas which is to begin from October 2. The series will be part of the World Test Championship.
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