WASHINGTON - Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a short and direct message before a Congressional hearing on Wednesday :"I don't want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the scientists."
She has been in Washington since last week to join US and indigenous activists build up support for a global climate strike on Friday and put pressure on lawmakers to take action on climate change.Obama described the teenager on Twitter as"already one of the planet's greatest advocates." Representative Garret Graves from Louisiana, said his state was affected by rising sea levels and that he supported the US emission reduction target enshrined in the Paris Climate Agreement, but he criticized the pact for allowing emerging economies like China to continue to emit greenhouse gases.
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