Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team'

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN

Updated at 7:06 PM ET, Tue September

Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team'
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN

Updated at 7:06 PM ET, Tue September 17, 2019

This teen activist has a message for Trump
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Washington (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Monday met with Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as part of her visit to Washington, DC, to promote environmental issues.
"Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planet's greatest advocates," Obama tweeted after his meeting with Thunberg. "Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, she's unafraid to push for real action."
Thunberg established herself as a bona fide climate action figure after staging weekly sit-ins outside the Swedish Parliament, spawning a burgeoning movement of youth climate activists to hold their own protests in more than 100 cities worldwide.

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