People are failing to grasp the anger of the younger generation says Greta Thunberg

People are failing to grasp the anger of the younger generation in the face of a changing climate, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday.

Ms Thunberg was speaking after her arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, after a two-weeks-plus journey across the Atlantic from her starting point in Virginia, US.

“People are underestimating the force of angry kids,” Thunberg told a crowd of reporters and supporters. “They’re angry and frustrated.”

“If they want us to stop being angry, maybe they should stop making us angry.”

She had originally planned to travel from the US to a UN climate summit in Chile.

But the South American nation had to give up the event due to civil unrest.

The venue changed to Spain, and so Ms Thunberg hitched a ride on a 48ft sailing catamaran called La Vagabonde.

Thunberg said she would spend a few days in Lisbon before making her way to Madrid, where the COP25 climate summit is currently underway, where she would work to ensure the “voices of future generations” are heard.

Via Reuters/BBC