- Title: Thunberg to UN: 'high expectations' to deliver on climate change
- Date: 30th August 2019
- Summary: UNITED NATIONS (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG WITH TEEN CLIMATE ACTIVISTS, ALEXANDRIA VILLASENOR AND XIYE BASTIDA, GREETING UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, MARÃA FERNANDA ESPINOSA, AND WALKING INTO HER OFFICE AND SITTING DOWN (SOUNDBITE) (English) SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST, GRETA THUNBERG, SAYING: "I think this UN summit needs to be some kind of breaking point, tipping point, where people start to realize what is actually going on. And, so we have high expectations in you to, and all member states to deliver. And we are going to try to do our part to make sure that they have all eyes on them and they have put the pressure on them so they cannot continue to ignore it." VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS ACTIVISTS AND ESPINOSA TAKING PHOTOGRAPH NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CLIMATE MARCH OUTSIDE OF U.N. LED BY BASTIDA VARIOUS OF THUNBERG AND VILLASENOR IN CROWD PROTEST IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF THUNBERG (SOUNDBITE) (English) TEENAGE CLIMATE ACTIVIST, ALEXANDRIA VILLASENOR, SAYING: "September 20 - it is the Friday before world leaders are coming into New York City for the United Nations climate summit. So these demands are directly at those in power who are inside the United Nations climate summit. And we will continue to take climate action so they hear us." PROTESTERS CHANTING (English): 'STRIKE WITH US'
- Embargoed: 13th September 2019 18:49
- Keywords: Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg United Nations climate change global warming
- Location: UNITED NATIONS / NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: UNITED NATIONS / NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Environment,Editors' Choice,Climate Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUEVI9Z
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- Story Text:Flanked by her U.S. and Mexican counterparts, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday (August 30) she would continue to pressure United Nations member states to act on climate change.
Thunberg, who arrived in Manhattan on Wednesday (August 28) after a two-week journey from the United Kingdom on a zero-carbon-emissions sailboat, met with U.N. General Assembly President MarÃa Fernanda Espinosa.
Thunberg is expected to participate in meetings on climate change at the United Nations in September, including the global summit with world leaders.
"I think this summit needs to be some kind of breaking point, tipping point, where people start to realize what is actually going on," Thunberg told Espinosa.
"We have high expectations in you too, and all member states to deliver. And we are going to try to do our part to make sure that they have all eyes on them and they have put the pressure on them so they can't continue to ignore it."
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