Just arrived in New York after 15 days crossing the Atlantic, the young muse for climate Greta Thunberg called on Donald Trump to "listen to science" and humanity to "stop destroying nature".
"Greta! Greta!" : The 16-year-old Swede landed under a gray sky at the southern tip of Manhattan around 4 pm, to the applause of a few hundred people waiting for her on the wharf, and after being briefly escorted by 17 the UN - a reference to the organization's 17 sustainable development goals for 2030.
As soon as she landed, she showed her determination to continue fighting for the climate as she has done for a year, to the point of becoming a star for hundreds of thousands of young people who answer every Friday her call to go to school. truant to draw attention to the climate emergency.
"If no one could convince Trump of the urgency of the climate crisis, why could I do it?"
"The climate crisis is a global crisis, the biggest crisis facing humanity," she said. "We have to be united and support each other and act, otherwise it may be too late, let's not wait, let's act now!"
Asked what message she had for US climate-skeptical President Donald Trump, who could be like her at the UN for the climate summit on September 23, she seemed unenthusiastic. "My message for him is 'Listen to science!' But clearly, he does not, and if no one has been able to convince him of the urgency of the climate crisis, why can I do it? ", The teenager complained. Later, referring to the US president's repeated attacks on wind turbines, she laughed, "I'm pretty sure that wind turbines do not cause cancer."
Also stressing that during her crossing she had heard about the fires ravaging the Amazon, vital for the planet, the young woman considered them "disastrous" and considered that it was the "clear sign that we must stop destroying nature" .