Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg says young people are rallying to fight climate change because their age leaves them with the most to lose from damage to the planet.
The 16-year-old Swedish girl recently accused international leaders of ignoring the dangers of global warming in a speech shared around the world.
She was in Los Angeles on Friday to lead hundreds of people in a march demanding that oil extraction be phased out in California because of its effect on the climate.
The rally was organized by the group Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles. Its leaders joined hundreds of people of all ages on a march to Gov. Gavin Newsom's downtown office to press their demands.
Thunberg was expected to address the rally later in the day.
In a brief interview with The Associated Press, she said younger people have been energized by the movement "because we know what is at stake in a way that older people don't."
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