Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday "to be brave enough to think long-term" following a meeting where they discussed the climate crisis and measures to fight global warming.

During a 90-minute conversation in the chancellery, Merkel explained her climate policy priorities for Germany's European Union presidency, the goal of achieving EU climate neutrality by 2050 and interim targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, according to a German government spokesman.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Thunberg said "what we want is leaders.”

“We want people to step up, to dare to step out of their comfort zones, to prioritize the future ahead of us now and to be brave enough to think long-term," she added.

Thunberg was joined by fellow members of the Fridays for Future campaign group, among them Germany's Luisa Neubauer and Belgian Anuna De Wever.

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