Riyaz Patel
Delivering a clear and direct message at the opening of the UN’s Climate Action Summit Monday, acclaimed 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg told world leaders they are still “not mature enough to tell it like it is.”
She added, bluntly, “you are failing us, But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you, and if you choose to fail us, I say, we will never forgive you.”
Thunberg was speaking directly to dozens of Heads of State and Government, business leaders, and senior representatives from civil society from around the world, who lined up at UN Headquarters to promise far-reaching steps to beat climate change.
South Africa’s International Relations Minister, Naledi Pandor, standing in for President Cyril Ramaphosa, said: “We feel a very strong attachment to the focus of the theme and we believe it speaks to
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