Teen climate activist blasts absent politicians

KATOWICE, Poland:  A Swedish teenager who takes time out of school each week to highlight the danger of global warming says world leaders who are skipping a U.N. climate summit are "very irresponsible."

Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg traveled to Katowice, Poland, for the start of the two-week talks and delivered a speech on Monday to some of the decision-makers at the conference.

Speaking afterward to The Associated Press, Thunberg said the absence of leaders such as U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel "shows what they prioritize."

Thunberg, who protests outside the Swedish parliament each Friday, said of politicians not in attendance: "In the future we will look back, and we will either laugh at them or we will hate them."

Her activism has inspired other students from as far away as Australia.