“I think it is insane that people are gathered here to talk about the climate and they arrive here in private jets.”

— Greta Thunberg

Time to 'get angry', teen climate activist says in Davos https://news.yahoo.com/time-angry-teen-climate-activist-says-davos-015904861.html, World Economic Forum, Davos (January 2019)... <br class="br">2019, World Economic Forum (January 2019)

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