Greta Thunberg condemns UK's climate stance in speech to MPs

Teenager who sparked global youth movement hits out at airport expansion and support for fossil fuels

• 'You did not act in time' - Thunberg's full speech

The UK government's active support for fossil fuels and airport expansion is "beyond absurd", Greta Thunberg has told MPs.

The 16-year-old Swedish student, who sparked a global youth-based movement when she began a "climate strike" outside Sweden's parliament last year, gave a typically blunt speech. She told MPs: "This ongoing irresponsible behaviour will no doubt be remembered in history as one of the greatest failures of humankind."