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New York (USA), Dec 6 (EFE- EPA) .- After a year of climate strikes and 52 consecutive Fridays of protests, the young activist Alexandria Villaseñor, known as 'the North American Greta Thunberg', sat down in front of the UN headquarters in New York to protest the climate crisis and ask for immediate action.(CAMERA: Alba Vigaray) STATEMENTS FROM ACTIVIST ALEXANDRIA VILLASEÑOR
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a weekly youth climate strike in Milan, after frustration from youth activists selected by the UN to attend the pre-COP26 preparatory meeting in the city, who did not feel they were being listened to. IMAGES