Greta Thunberg on climate change
From Greta Thunberg - Why We Need Government Action to Save the Planet | The Daily Show · · The Daily Show
“If we look at one way, the CO2 is still rising and 2021 is expected to see the highest emission rise ever recorded. As you know we have been through a pandemic and there is lots of talk about the green recovery and building back better and so on. But only about two percent of government spending has been spent on clean energy. And that's-- I mean it just shows that we are not really taking this seriously, it seems like, or world leaders are not taking it seriously.”
On , Greta Thunberg, Swedish activist at Activist, spoke about climate change during Greta Thunberg - Why We Need Government Action to Save the Planet | The Daily Show on The Daily Show.
About Greta Thunberg
In late 2025, Greta Thunberg was active in multiple international campaigns. On December 4, she delivered the Right Livelihood Award acceptance speech on behalf of Justice For Myanmar, calling on governments to reject the military junta's upcoming "sham election" and to stop the flow of funds, arms, and fuel to the junta. She described the military's actions since the 2021 coup as a "campaign of terror" involving mass killings, torture, and sexual violence, and stated that the same perpetrators were responsible for genocide against the Rohingya. She also expressed solidarity with oppressed people "from Palestine to Ukraine, from East Turkistan to Sudan." Thunberg participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Italy in late November, where she referred to the Italian government as "fascist" and said Italy was "one of the most complicit countries in this genocide" regarding its support for Israel. At a rally in Genoa, she argued that the goal of Israel was "to cleanse Palestine of the Palestinians" and called for "an end of the genocide and accountability for it." She also spoke at the University of Verona, criticizing the institution for attempting to "silence political messages." Earlier in the month, she commented on COP30, describing it as "déjà vu with extra air conditioning" and calling Donald Trump "the biggest threat to climate change."