Media frenzy as Greta Thunberg joins climate activists in Madrid

MADRID - Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Madrid on Friday to join thousands of other young people in a march to demand world leaders take real action against climate change.

The official, who asked to remain anonymous given the sensitivity of the discussions, added that a political declaration on greater"ambition" - a buzzword at the summit - was shaping to be"difficult to achieve." Thunberg paid a surprise visit to the venue of the talks and joined a group of some 40 teens staging a sit-in there to demand real action against climate change.

"I don't like being at the centre of the focus all the time, but this is a good thing," she told Aftonbladet."As soon as the media writes about me, they also have to write about the climate crisis. If this is a way to write about the climate crisis, then I guess it is good." Past appearances have won her plaudits from some leaders - and criticism from others who have taken offence at the angry tone of her speeches.

Separately Friday, an alliance of American states, cities, academic institutions and companies opened its own venue at the UN climate talks, aiming to show that despite the federal administration's decision to pull the US out of the Paris accord, many Americans remain committed to the treaty's goal of curbing global warming.

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