Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg takes swipe a New Zealand Prime ...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg takes swipe a New Zealand Prime ...
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg takes swipe a New Zealand Prime ...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has accused New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern of 'not doing anything' to stop global warming.

The climate change activist sparked the global School Strike for Climate movement which saw over four million students walk out of classes in March 2019.

Known for her hardline views on emission reduction and extreme demands of worlds leaders, she claimed she 'can't think of a single politician' whose actions to combat climate change impressed her.

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has claimed that there isn't a single politician that has impressed her (pictured, Ms Thunberg addresses a climate march in Berlin)

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has claimed that there isn't a single politician that has impressed her (pictured, Ms Thunberg addresses a climate march in Berlin)

When asked about Ms Ardern who in June said climate change was a matter of 'life and death', she took a brutal swipe at the left-wing Kiwi leader.

'It's funny that people believe Jacinda Ardern and people like that are climate leaders. That just tells you how little people know about the climate crisis,' she told The Guardian.

'Obviously the emissions haven't fallen. It goes without saying that these people are not doing anything.'

NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw said Ms Thunberg was correct in saying the country's carbon footprint hadn't yet decreased - but it would.

When asked about New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern (pictured), Ms Thunberg said that 'these people are not doing anything'

When asked about New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern (pictured), Ms Thunberg said that 'these people are not doing anything'

'That is why the work our Government is doing is so important – and clearly we have a lot of work to do,' Mr Shaw told Stuff.

In December 2020, New Zealand declared a climate emergency and pledged to decarbonise the public sector by 2025.

Ms Thunberg took to twitter claiming

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