Greta Thunberg to Congress: 'I don't want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the scientists.'
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg implored Washington lawmakers on Wednesday to take climate science seriously — bringing her simple and direct message asto the halls of a normally divided Congress.
Thunberg, a self-described introvert, spoke slowly and carefully, and said she was declining to provide prepared remarks, as is customary. Instead, she offered members of a Foreign Affairs subcommittee and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis aThe report suggests the world must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, rather than the long-held threshold of 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, to stave off some of the devastating and immutable effects of climate change.
"I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don't want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the scientists, and I want you to unite behind the science." Thunberg, 16, said.16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg's statement ahead of her testimony before Congress: "I want you to listen to the scientists. And I want you to unite behind the science. And then I want you to take action."
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