Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has mocked President Joe Biden over his promises to tackle climate change via his 'Build Back Better' plan.
During a climate rally in Berlin on Friday, she took the American president to task over comments he had made during an address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the week.
'As we move out of the pandemic, many are talking about using this as an opportunity for a green sustainable recovery, whatever that means,' 18-year-old Thunberg said. 'World leaders are talking about 'building back better,' promising green investments and setting vague and distant climate targets in order to say that they are taking climate action,' she added.
'When you look at what we are actually investing the money in — the money that is supposed to be building back better — it shows the hypocrisy of our leaders,' Thunberg said.
'We can still turn this around,' she said to cheers. 'We demand change, and we are the change.'
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg holds a speech during a Fridays for Future global climate strike in front of a parliament building in Berlin, Germany on Friday
Greta Thunberg was not impressed by President Biden's speech at the UN earlier this week
During a climate change rally in Berlin Thunberg, pictured, demanded world leaders do more
On Tuesday, Biden said the United States would double its financial contributions in order to help developing nations combat and adapt to climate change.
He explained the 'Build Back Better' agenda to include initiatives to help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and had the potential to include 'sustainable investment in projects' overseas. 'That's the idea behind the Build Back Better World,' Biden noted.
Biden promised to work with Congress to double funds by 2024 to $11.4 billion per year to help developing nations deal with climate change.
The funding would help achieve a global goal set more than a decade ago of $100 billion per year to support climate action in vulnerable countries by 2030.
Biden has promised to work with Congress to double funds by 2024 to $11.4 billion per year to help developing nations deal with climate change
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