Published 12:52 IST, September 24th 2019

Greta Thunberg's stare at Donald Trump as he arrives at UN goes viral

Climate activist Greta Thunberg gave US President what the netizens call a 'death stare' as he arrived at the United Nations headquarters. The video went viral

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg gave US President what netizens call a 'death stare' as he arrived at United Nations hequarters. Donald Trump on Tuesday me a brief appearance at UN. When he arrived at UN hequarters, Thunberg was escorted to side by UN security personnel. Thunberg after seeing Trump arrive at UN hequarters glared at Donald Trump, watching him from behind as he walked taking questions from media. Thunberg eyeing Donald Trump has become a r on internet, with many relating to her anger and apparent dislike for US president.

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Watch video of Greta Thunberg eyeing Donald Trump below:

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Leers pledge to act for climate after Greta Thunberg's emotional speech

She h earlier given a speech in United Nations on Monday in which she scolded for doing little. Following this, leer after leer promised to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. As y me ir pledges at Climate Action Summit, though, y and ors conceded it was t eugh. And even before y spoke, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shamed m over and over for ir inaction: "How dare you?"

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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concluded summit by listing 77 countries that committed to carbon neutrality by 2050, 70 nations pledging to do more to fight climate change, with 100 business leers promising to join green ecomy and one-third of global banking sector signing up to green goals. "Action by action, tide is turning," he said. "But we have a long way to go."

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Businesses and charity pledge support for climate change

Businesses and charities also got in on act, at times even going bigger than major nations. Microsoft founder Bill Gates anunced Monday that his foundation, along with World Bank and some European governments, would provide $790 million in financial help to 300 million of world's small farmers apt to climate change. Gates foundation pledged $310 million of that. " world can still prevent absolute worst effects of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing new techlogies and sources of energy," Gates said. "But effects of rising temperatures are alrey under way." As day went on Monday and promises kept coming, United States seemed out in cold.

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Greta Thunberg 'scolds' world leers for empty words

Before world leers me ir promises in three-minute speeches, 16-year-old Thunberg gave an emotional appeal in which she scolded leers with her repeated phrase, "How dare you." "This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here," said Thunberg, who began a lone protest outside Swedish parliament more than a year ago that culminated in Friday's global climate strikes. "I should be back in school on or side of ocean. Yet you have come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words."

Donald Trump mocks Greta Thunberg

"We are in beginning of a mass extinction and yet all you can talk about is money," Thunberg said. "You are failing us."
Later, she and 15 or youth activists filed a formal complaint with an arm of U.N. that protects children, saying that governments' lack of action on warming is violating ir basic rights. U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Thunberg on Twitter, writing: "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"

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