After the flotillas to Gaza: Greta Thunberg laughs at the climate protest she herself founded

Greta Thunberg laughs in a documentary when she learns of a Fridays for Future protest in Berlin. The video sparked criticism, but the film's director explains that the laughter was not meant to mock activists.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, known for her climate activism and in recent years also for protests against Israel, laughs in a new documentary when she learns that a protest by the Fridays for Future movement – the movement she founded as a teenager – is taking place in Berlin. The video sparked harsh criticism in the German media and the New York Post, which saw the laughter as proof that Thunberg has abandoned the climate struggle. However, the film's director, Hubertus Koch, explained that the laughter was about the question of whether traditional protests are still effective, and was not meant to mock activists. Thunberg herself participated that same week in the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, and attacked world leaders for inaction. The article presents both sides and notes that it cannot be concluded from the video alone that Thunberg has abandoned the environmental struggle.