Greta Thunberg has told Glastonbury festivalgoers that 'we have been lied to' as the ongoing climate crisis continues to worsen. The Swedish environmental activist appeared on the Pyramid Stage this afternoon, taking aim at world leaders.
Addressing the vibrant Glastonbury crowd, Thunberg said that "we have been lied to, we have been deprived of our rights as democratic citizens and been left unaware." She added: “Today our political leaders are allowed to say one thing and do another."
Later in her short speech, the 19-year-old told the Glastonbury crowd: "We have allowed greed and selfishness the opportunity for a small amount of people to make very large amounts of money. You and I have been given a historic responsibility to set things right."
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The climate change activist continued: “The forces of greed and profit and planetary destructions are so powerful that our fight for the natural world is limited to a desperate struggle to avoid a total natural catastrophe.
“We should be fighting for people and for nature, but instead we are fighting against those who are set on destroying it. Today our political leaders are allowed to say one thing then do the exact opposite.”
She follows in the footsteps of legendary British naturalist David Attenborough, who appeared on the Pyramid Stage in 2019. His surprise slot introduced a four-minute extended trailer for the BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet.
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