Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has strongly criticised 16-year-old Greta Thunberg for her climate activism and suggested that she should ‘be a good girl’ and shut up.

Taking to the stage at the UN Climate Summit this week, Greta Thunberg demanded action from global leaders stating that her childhood and dreams had been robbed by their inaction.

She openly admitted during her speech that she should be in school but felt a responsibility to speak when world leaders are looking the other way.

Although Greta’s speech was widely lauded, there have been some strong critics with one Fox commentator labelling the activist as ‘a mentally ill Swedish child’.

Although those comments have been widely condemned and Fox have offered an apology, former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has raised more eyebrows with his own ‘hot take’.

Writing in his column in The Sun, the 59-year-old slammed the Swedish teen, labelling her as a ‘spoilt brat’ who ‘should shut up and go back to school’.

‘How dare you sail to America on a carbon fibre yacht that you didn’t build which cost £15million, that you didn’t earn, and which has a back-up diesel engine that you didn’t mention,’ he said in a column for The Sun.

‘Pause for a moment to consider how soundly you sleep at night, knowing that adults are building and servicing and flying Sweden’s fighter planes. To keep you safe.

‘We gave you mobile phones and laptops and the internet. We created the social media you use every day and we run the banks that pay for it all,’ he added.

‘So how dare you stand there and lecture us, you spoilt brat.’

Although Clarkson went on to admit that there is indeed a climate crisis that needs to be addressed, he stated that Greta should ‘be a good girl’ and focus on science lessons.

‘Science is what will solve the problem eventually. Not scowling and having screaming ab-dabs every five minutes.

‘Many thousands of people who you had the temerity to blame this week are trying to do exactly what you want,’ he concluded. ‘So be a good girl, shut up and let them get on with it.’