# Greta Thunberg Really Told the World To Wake Up!

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/09/greta-thunberg-really-told-the-world-to-wake-up/
- Published: 2019-09-24T23:03:05-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Greta made an emotional speech to the World at the United Nations. This was during
the [Climate Action Summit](https://time.com/5684099/climate-change-united-nations-general-assembly/)
on Monday. So Greta, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg appealed
to world leaders. All about the grave need to stop the effects of climate change.

[As I wrote before](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/09/team-malizia-with-greta-thunberg-complete-their-zero-emission-atlantic-crossing/),
Greta came by boat and then was greeted by Torqeedo the electric boat to drive her
from the boat to dock.

![Greta Thunberg](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/
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Greta Thunberg and the team faced the typical challenges of a transatlantic voyage.
That’s including periods of heavy weather and the calms of the Sargasso Sea. However
they did escape many of the perils that could come from crossing and against the
prevailing winds. Finally and especially during the Atlantic hurricane season.

She said to the world:

“You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you?” she said. “You have stolen
my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, and yet, I’m one of the lucky 
ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.”

Thunberg grew tearful, as she continued to condemn what she sees as the lack of 
action on part of leaders around the world to halt climate change. “We are in the
beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales
of eternal economic growth. How dare you?”

The 2019 Climate Action Summit kicked off at the UN on Monday, where world leaders
gathered to discuss serious strategies to mitigate climate change. Representatives
of participating nations were told by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to
come up with “concrete, realistic plans” to further their commitments to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and get to [net zero emissions](https://greenlivingguy.com/2023/03/net-zero-emissions-strategies-for-success/)
by 2050.

For the **entire** **Stor**y on [Time](https://time.com/5684216/greta-thunberg-un-climate-action-summit-climate-speech/)