Climate activist Greta Thunberg went on trial Thursday for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year.
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00:00 [Street noise]
00:07 Hello!
00:09 These corporations are destroying and destabilizing the climate and the biosphere
00:14 and the very living conditions we humans depend on to survive.
00:19 They have displaced and destroyed countless people's lives and livelihoods.
00:24 Even though we are the ones standing here,
00:27 climate, environmental and human rights activists all over the world
00:30 are being prosecuted, sometimes convicted and given legal penalties
00:34 for acting in line with science,
00:36 we must remember who the real enemy is.
00:39 What are we defending?
00:41 Who are our laws meant to protect?
00:45 History's judgment against those who deliberately destroy and sacrifice the planet's resources
00:52 at the expense of humanity,
00:54 at the expense of all those who are suffering the consequences of the environmental and climate crisis of today
01:01 and at the expense of future generations.
01:03 Your own children and grandchildren will not be gentle.