"How dare you" speech at the UN in 2019

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The "How dare you" speech at the UN in 2019 is Greta Thunberg’s impassioned address to world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit, condemning their inaction on the climate crisis and becoming a defining moment in global climate activism.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf climate change speech
public address
speech
approximateDuration about 4 minutes
associatedWithMovement Fridays for Future
youth climate movement
audience United Nations delegates
government representatives
heads of state
centralTheme failure to act despite scientific warnings
moral responsibility of leaders toward future generations
city New York City
country United States of America
criticizes government inaction on climate change
world leaders
date 2019-09-23
describedAs confrontational
emotional
impassioned
emotionalTone anger
urgency
eventSeries UN Climate Action Summit
format short address
givenAt UN Climate Action Summit 2019
United Nations Headquarters
givenBy Greta Thunberg
impact became a defining moment in global climate activism
increased public attention to youth climate activism
intensified debate on climate policy responsibility
language English
mediaCoverage global
notableQuote How dare you!
People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.
You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.
organizer United Nations
relatedWork Greta Thunberg’s address to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24)
Greta Thunberg’s school strike for climate
speakerAge 16
topic climate change
climate crisis
environmental policy
global warming
intergenerational justice
wentViralOn Twitter
YouTube
social media

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Greta Thunberg
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