Greta Thunberg condemns UK’s climate stance in speech to MPs
Teenager who sparked global youth movement hits out at airport expansion and support for fossil fuels
‘You did not act in time’ – Thunberg’s full speech
The UK government’s active support for fossil fuels and airport expansion is “beyond absurd”, Greta Thunberg has told MPs.
The 16-year-old Swedish student, who sparked a global youth-based movement when she began a “climate strike” outside Sweden’s parliament last year, gave a typically blunt speech. She told MPs: “This ongoing irresponsible behaviour will no doubt be remembered in history as one of the greatest failures of humankind.”