Thread by @theintercept

"Greta, with her piercing clarity and calm indignation, has singularly exposed the abject failure of the world’s leaders to respond to the climate emergency and lead us out of this catastrophe," says @betsyreed2. interc.pt/2UKihn9 #OurClimateFuture

@betsyreed2 "Because the future is our theme tonight, we’ve asked several young climate leaders to set their imaginations free and describe the world they want and deserve," says @betsyreed2.

Tonight's climate leaders include: @xiuhtezcatl, @tuntiakkatan, @vict_barrett and @xiyebastida.

@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida "To fight for our climate is to fight for everything that we love," says @xiuhtezcatl. interc.pt/34BkzZY #OurClimateFuture

@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida One of tonight's climate leaders, @vict_barrett, is a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States, a landmark lawsuit filed by youth against the U.S. alleging government knowingly failed to protect them from climate change.

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida "They want us to join them and fight for the future alongside them," says @NaomiAKlein of youth climate leaders as she introduces @GretaThunberg now on stage. interc.pt/34tObZv

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida @NaomiAKlein @GretaThunberg "I feel very lucky I had the opportunity to do that," says @GretaThunberg of her trip to New York City across the Atlantic via sailboat.

"Sometimes it was so rough you couldn't stand up."

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida @NaomiAKlein @GretaThunberg "It was horrible, the knowledge of that, but when I came to shore was the first time I could see pictures" of the Amazon fires that have made news around the world, says @GretaThunberg.

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida @NaomiAKlein @GretaThunberg First impressions of New York City? asks @NaomiAKlein.

"You use a lot of air-conditioning," says @GretaThunberg.

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida @NaomiAKlein @GretaThunberg In the U.S. the climate crisis "is something you believe in or don't believe in," says @GretaThunberg.

"Where I come from it's a fact."

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida @NaomiAKlein @GretaThunberg Should trolls be ignored? Should they be reported? asks @NaomiAKlein.

"Honestly, I think it's funny," says @GretaThunberg. "I don't know how many laugh attacks I've had just watching these tweets."

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@betsyreed2 @xiuhtezcatl @TuntiakKatan @vict_barrett @xiyebastida @NaomiAKlein @GretaThunberg "I'm not the enemy. I'm only saying what the science is saying, you can't argue against physics, that's why they go after me and these other activists who are trying to communicate this," adds @GretaThunberg.

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