Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis after his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. The Swedish 16-year-old carried a sign reading 'Join the Climate Strike,' which she showed the Pope after he greeted her.
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis after his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.
The Swedish 16-year-old carried a sign reading"Join the Climate Strike," which she showed the Pope after he greeted her. A day earlier, Thunberg urged European Union leaders to"panic" about climate change, as she addressed a committee of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. 'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
Meet 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg 02:00She went on to condemn politicians for spending their time"arguing about taxes or Brexit" in the face of a building climate crisis.Thunberg, whose sit-ins outside the Swedish parliament inspired students worldwide to hold school strikes demanding climate action, spoke to a"packed" room of EU politicians, according to the AFP news agency.
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