Swedish teen climate activist in Davos: 'It's time to get angry'
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"Some people say we are not doing enough to fight climate change. That is not true, because to not do enough, you have to do something, and the truth is that we are basically not doing anything," she said.

But she acknowledged she had no illusions that everyone in Davos would voluntarily heed her call to action.

"They have known exactly what priceless values they have been sacrificing to continue making unimaginable amounts of money," she told AFP.

She is demanding leaders do whatever it takes to adhere to the Paris climate agreement targets of limiting global temperature rises to below 2C – and beneath the safe threshold of 1.5C if at all possible.

"I think it is very unfair that the older generations have done this to us and future generations… and that we will have to clean up after them," she said.

"Young people need to realize that their future is at risk," she said resolutely, bundled up, with her long blonde braids sticking out from under a woollen hat and scarf against the sub-zero temperatures in Davos.

"They need to do something about that and get angry, and form that anger into action," she said, insisting that when children speak up they can have a "huge impact".

Some people say that we are not doing enough to fight climate change.
But that is not true.
Because to ”not do enough” you have to do something.
And the truth is we are basically not doing anything.

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