Thunberg arrives at COP25 to lead mass protest
The teenager has become the figurehead of a global movement of climate justice activists.
Climate emergency
Having arrived in Lisbon on Thursday morning, Thunberg attended what is set to be the largest outdoor demonstration of COP25 on Friday evening in Madrid city centre, where more than 850 ecological organisations and their supporters will march under the slogan "The world has woken up to the climate emergency."
Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many not from Spain, flocked to the central Paseo de la Castellana for a colourful and noisy three-hour protest across the city centre, bearing banners in multiple languages, some saying "Climate Change Kills", others "Tomorrow Will Be Too Late", or "We Fight For Life".
"It's time the politicians act and tell the truth," Karen, standing behind a large Extinction Rebellion poster told Al Jazeera.
"We're doing this for our grandchildren," added Nico, at the other end of the banner.
"It's an important subject and I want to support it," Annick, a German woman who travelled from Tarragona in Catalonia for the demonstration, told Al Jazeera. "And Greta is doing an amazing job."
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