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Greta Thunberg - "sometimes activists need to anger people"

Greta Thunberg defends the tactics of environmental activists - at the start of the COP26 summit - saying "sometimes you need to anger people".

Greta Thunberg defends the tactics of environmental activists - at the start of the COP26 summit - saying "as long as no-one gets hurts then I think sometimes you need to anger some people". She tells the 大象传媒's Andrew Marr Show that people need to demonstrate "massive public pressure" on politicians to ensure they do enough to reduce carbon emissions. Her comments come after Insulate Britain protestors have repeatedly brought major roads to a standstill.

The activist - who shot to fame around the world after leading school strikes to protest against climate change - said her own movement "would never have become so big if there wasn't friction". She shares her candid views with Andrew Marr for this episode of our podcast, 5 Minutes On.

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