Greta Thunberg's zeal, as the press summarized her speech at the UN Climate Summit, Sep 23, 2019 — updated Jan 2020

Greta Thunberg's character, as the press summarized her speech at the UN Climate Summit, Sep 23, 2019:

"How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words."

"This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you."

"People are suffering. People are dying and dying ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is the money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth," she said Monday, as she fought back tears. "How dare you! For more than 30 years the science has been crystal clear."

"You are failing us but 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.”

At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Jan 2020:

“Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour, and we are telling you to act as if you loved your children above all else.”