In an op-ed published days before political and business leaders meet at the annual Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, 17-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg blasted “older generations” for not moving quickly to meet her demands for nation’s to “completely divest from fossil fuels.”
“Young people are being let down by older generations and those in power,” wrote the Swedish teenager in the Guardian. “To some it may seem like we are asking for a lot. But this is just the very minimum of effort needed to start the rapid sustainable transition. The fact that this still — in 2020 — hasn’t been done already is, quite frankly, a disgrace.”
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