being listened to by older people, who won t suffer the consequences of not listening. whether you admire her or despair of her, greta thunberg s influence has already been profound. and she s still a teenager. in 2015, the eu and nearly 200 countries signed the paris agreement, attempting to limit the global temperature increase this century to 1.5 degrees celsius. greta thunberg has pleaded, reasoned and raged in the faces of world leaders to keep their promises. you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you? in doing so, she has become a modern icon to some, and an alarmist pariah to others. she has graced magazine covers, and is mobbed like a rock star. while politicians and celebrities align themselves with her to signal their green credentials, and opponents regularly
of global youth. she s become the symbol of a generation, which, as she puts it, is not being listened to by older people, who won t suffer the consequences of not listening. whether you admire her or despair of her, greta thunberg s influence has already been profound. and she s still a teenager. in 2015, the eu and nearly 200 countries signed the paris agreement, attempting to limit the global temperature increase this century to 1.5 degrees celsius. greta thunberg has pleaded, reasoned and raged in the faces of world leaders to keep their promises. you all come to us, young people for hope. how dare you? in doing so, she has become a modern icon to some, and an alarmist
despair of her, greta thunberg s influence has already been profound. and she is still a teenager. in 2015, the eu and nearly 200 countries signed the paris agreement, tending to limit the global temperature increase this century to 1.5 celsius. greta thunberg has pleaded, reasoned and raged in the face of world leaders to keep their promises. you raged in the face of world leaders to keep their promises. raged in the face of world leaders to keep their promises. you all come to keep their promises. you all come to us young to keep their promises. you all come to us young peeple to keep their promises. you all come to us young people for to keep their promises. you all come to us young people for hope, - to keep their promises. you all come to us young people for hope, how - to us young people for hope, how dare you! in to us young people for hope, how dare ou! ., , .,, dare you! in doing so, she has become a dare you! in doing so, she has become a modern dare you! in doing s
the people around her didn t see it as sad at all. they saw it as an advantage for them, because she could be used to accrue more power to them. and you weren t allowed to say anything about it, because she was disabled, which, by the way, you weren t allowed to notice. you will come to us young people for hope. how dare you. you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. we are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is fairy tales of eternal economic growth. how dare you. tucker: you look at that, and on one level you think why is this person lecturing me, someone who s had never had a job before, in charge of our energy policy? that s crazy. then the other level, the more deep level, the more important level, you realize what a tragedy you just saw.
david? thank you. and next to the backlash after what president trump said about time s person of the year, targeting greta thunberg. the 16-year-old climate activist. michelle obama defending her, and now we re hearing from first lady melania trump. here s kyra phillips. reporter: tonight, first lady melania trump weighing in after her husband attacked 16-year-old climate change activist greta thunberg. world leaders are still trying to run away from their responsibilities. reporter: president trump lashing out after the teenager was named time s person of the year. so ridiculous, he tweeted. greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! chill greta, chill! he s done it before, taking aim at thunberg, who has asperger s syndrome, a form of autism, after her passionate speech at the u.n. you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you? reporter: trump s response? she seems like a very happy young girl