New Delhi, September 24: 'How dare you!', went on to be the signature line at the United Nations Climate Action Summit as young climate activist Greta Thunberg angrily took on world leaders, spearheaded the massive demonstration of about 4 million people protesting against climate change and visibly upset, cornered US President Trump.
"People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth", she said who was agitated at the World leaders to focus to monetary aspects amore.
Days after millions of young people took to the streets worldwide to demand emergency action on climate change, leaders gathered for the annual United Nations General Assembly aiming to inject fresh momentum into stalling efforts to curb carbon emissions.
A visibly emotional Thunberg, said in stern remarks at the opening of the summit that the generations that have polluted the most have burdened her and her generation with the extreme impacts of climate change. "This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean yet you all come to us young people for hope," said the Swedish teenager, her voice quivering.
Meanwhile reacting to the viral content, the US President Donald Trump said, "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"