Greta Thunberg

The 19-year-old climate activist took to the main stage to address the festival - and the world - about the climate emergency | ITV News West Country.

it will continue to get worse until we prioritise people and planet over profit and greed." Set against a stage backdrop of the climate 'warming stripes', her message reflected the ambitions of her latest book. Introduced by festival organiser, Emily Eavis, the climate activist used her moment on the main stage to tell festival goers about what she says is "the biggest story in the world" - the truth about climate change.

The 19-year-old environmental activist took to the Pyramid Stage this afternoon in a rallying cry for people to take a stand. She said the climate crisis is ' ...

Today, our political leaders are allowed to say one thing then do the exact opposite.’ She added: ‘We are approaching the precipice and I would strongly suggest that all of those who have not yet been greenwashed out of our senses to stand our ground. She added: ‘The forces of greed and profit and planetary destruction are so powerful that our fight for the natural world is limited to a desperate struggle to avoid a total natural catastrophe.

19-year-old activist warns world faces 'total natural catastrophe' unless citizens take urgent action.

But we cannot do that because the most terrible has happened – Russia has stolen our peace.” “It is taking action. It is something you have to earn, to create.

Thunberg follows in the footsteps of broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who surprised revellers with an appearance on the Pyramid Stage in 2019.

It has not only become socially acceptable for our leaders to lie, it is more or less what we expect them to do,” she said. Today our political leaders are allowed to say one thing then do the exact opposite.” However she insisted that “we can still avoid the worse consequences” of climate change. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. until we prioritise people and planet over profits and greed.” The activist said that “we have been lied to, we have been deprived of our rights as democratic citizens and been left unaware” of the true scale of the climate crisis.

The 19-year-old environment activist addressed the festival crowd from the Pyramid Stage.

“We have the unfathomable great opportunity to be alive at the most decisive time in human history. Ms Thunberg opened her speech with a stark warning of the current climate situation, saying: “We are in the beginning of a climate and ecological emergency. This is up to us here and now. “And no, unfortunately, this is not the new normal. The teenager said: “Instead of looking for hope, start creating that hope yourself. But make no mistake, no-one else is going to do this for us.