Martina Comparelli, one of the spokespersons for the Fridays for Future movement in Italy, said young people are demanding real action to combat the climate crisis now, rather than more promises that may end up not being kept.
"We came here to Glasgow from Italy to tell the leaders that they must treat the climate emergency like an emergency," Comparelli told ANSA before joining a group of Italians at the Fridays for Future march in Glasgow along with fellow activists Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate.
"They must stop delaying, stop using our words and the not taking action.
"They must stop giving priority to the interests of the fossil-fuel companies," added the 28-year-old woman from Milan, who went to Glasgow by train.
"It is necessary to put the health of the environment and of the citizens at the centre (of policy), take commitments and put them into practice - immediately, not in 2050.
"I say to our leaders act now, otherwise you are just having us on".
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