Climate activist Greta Thunberg broke into laughter during a documentary shoot after being told that Fridays for Future, the youth climate movement she founded in 2018 at age 15, was still holding protests.
The moment appears in the documentary “On Tanks into the Climate Crisis How Activism is Criminalised.” Thunberg, now 23, was filming the same day Fridays for Future was staging a demonstration in Berlin.
“Is it?” Thunberg asked when told of the ongoing protest, according to footage from the documentary. “Really? They still do that?” She then laughed loudly before calling for the camera to stop, telling the crew, “Cut!”
Thunberg rose to international prominence after her 2019 speech at the UN Climate Action Summit, where she accused world leaders of inaction with the line “How dare you.” Fridays for Future grew out of her solo school strikes into a global protest movement.
More recently, Thunberg has turned her attention to the Israel-Gaza conflict, participating in a flotilla described as an effort to deliver aid to Gaza.
Her laughter during the documentary drew criticism online, with some commentators arguing it was directed at young activists who have continued the protests she started.
