Links tagged “greta”
- Rolling Stone’s profile: ‘GRETA’S WORLD’ – ‘How one Swedish teenager armed with a homemade sign ignited a crusade and became the leader of a movement’
- Greta Thunberg: Coronavirus shows action against ‘climate change’ possible
"Once we are in a crisis, we can act to do something quickly, act fast," said Thunberg, 17, whose solo school strikes for climate action helped spark a global youth climate strike movement. "Though it must be in a different way to how we have acted in this case, we can act fast and change our habits and treat a crisis like a crisis." ...
The virus crisis "doesn't mean we need to let go completely of activism," she added. "We can do it online and at home. We just need to be creative and find new ways."
- Greta Thunberg says it’s ‘extremely likely’ she has coronavirus – — but has ‘basically recovered’
- Teen Vogue Op-Ed: ‘Coronavirus Response Should Be a Model for How We Address Climate Change’
Teen activist JAMIE MARGOLIN: "If we can shut the world down to stop a virus, that also means it is possible to do the same for climate change.
Treat all emergencies like emergencies!" (Also see: Former UN Env. Director approvingly cites activist’s message: ‘If we can shut the world down to stop a virus, that also means it is possible to do the same for climate change’)
Margolin in Teen Vogue: "The way the world has been able to mobilize itself and shut down in the blink of an eye to properly respond to the coronavirus is proof that political leaders actually do have the ability to make rapid change happen if they want. So where is that rapid response for the climate crisis?...
For years, climate justice activists like myself have been calling for immediate action on our climate emergency. And for years, that action has not taken place....
Why have there not been coronavirus levels of shutting down and completely rewiring our society? Every time I meet with lawmakers and tell them that we need rapid transformation to halt climate change, they tell me “change that fast just isn’t possible.” But the COVID-19 world response has proven that rapid change and disruption of business as usual is possible! ...
What would it look like when the world actually decides to take on the climate crisis? It would look like what we’re seeing right now. Media coverage of the issue 24/7. Consistent headlines about updated death tolls. Experts appearing on the news daily to update the public on the crisis. Everyone stopping everything and putting the world on pause to deal with the immediate crisis at hand. ...
Pandemic response is simply trying to mitigate a disaster, while urgent climate response is not only mitigating disaster, but actively creating a better world."
- Professor: Why coronavirus is eclipsing Greta Thunberg on climate – ‘Producing results that are arguably more important, immediate and effective’
Greta Thunberg’s statements and actions are a constant reminder of climate change and the need for rapid mitigation and adaptation. We can identify the ‘Thunberg effect’ and the impact that this has had on the growth in carbon offsetting. Nevertheless, the Thunberg effect has had an as yet relatively small impact on climate change...
We can label this the ‘COVID-19 effect’. In contrast with the Thunberg effect, it is producing results that are arguably more important, immediate and effective.
- Greta Thunberg says climate protests should go online to reduce coronavirus risk
- A duped Prince Harry says Trump has climate ‘blood on his hands’ in call with Russian hoaxers
- Greta Issues Political ‘Women’s Day’ Post. James Woods Responds With ‘One Single Right’ Men Have Over Women
- Former UN Climate Chief issues another tipping point of ‘a decade at best’ to ‘control’ climate or ‘we will really be condemned to an endless destruction’ – ‘Social change comes about when 3.5% of population is pressing for it…we’re almost there, at the 3.5%’
- EU unveils climate law, Greta Thunberg calls it ‘surrender’
