INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been taken to task by a German railway company after tweeting a photo of herself sitting on the floor
of a train surrounded by bags.The 16-year-old drew sympathy after posting that she was travelling on "overcrowded trains" on her way home
from the UN climate change conference in Madrid.Thunberg does not fly on planes because of the environmental impact.Responding, rail
operator Deutsche Bahn said it was pleased to have her on board their eco-friendly train and welcomed her support "in the fight against
climate change".But the company added: "It would have been even nicer if you had also reported how friendly and competently you were looked
after by our team at your seat in first class."Deutsche Bahn has faced criticism in recent years for delays, last-minute train cancellations
and expensive ticket fares.Image:Deutsche Bahn issued a pointed response to Thunberg's Twitter postIn the picture on Twitter, Thunberg is
sitting on the floor at the end of a carriage with her back leaning against a suitcase, staring out of a window.There is an empty food box
next to her and suitcases and backpacks piled up.In the message, she wrote: "Travelling on overcrowded trains through Germany
And I'm finally on my way home!"Explained: The rise of Greta ThunbergShe later tweeted: "Our train from Basel was taken out of traffic
So we sat on the floor on 2 different trains
After Göttingen I got a seat."This is no problem of course and I never said it was
Overcrowded trains is a great sign because it means the demand for train travel is high!"It comes after the teenager apologised for saying
politicians should be put "against the wall", after critics took it to mean that she was supporting violence.Thunberg made the comment in a
speech to young activists in the Italian city of Turin on Friday.She later said she was making a literal translation from Swedish, in which
the expression means to put someone on the spot with tough questions."That's what happens when you improvise speeches in a second
language."But of course I apologise if anyone misunderstood this," she wrote on Twitter on Saturday.Thunberg had told the crowd in Turin
that world leaders were running away from their responsibilities to fight climate change."We have to make sure that they cannot do that,"
she said."We will make sure they, that we put them against the wall, and that they will have to do their job and to protect our futures."::
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Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, SpreakerShe later tweeted that she and the youth movement she inspired is against all
forms of violence."It goes without saying but I say it anyway," she wrote.Thunberg was also recently named Time magazine's Person of the
Year for her efforts to press governments and others to take more rapid action in combating climate change.
