The disarming case to act right now on climate change | Greta Thunberg

In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world's attention. "The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions," Thunberg says. "All we have to do is to wake up and change."
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[@HobbesHobbiton]

"When adults act like children, and children act like adults, *you know* change is coming."

[@HobbesHobbiton]

@@futilitariano By "adults" you of course mean the 97% of climate scientists that agree climate change is man made and that it must be stopped, right?

[@HobbesHobbiton]

@@futilitariano Don't come back here until you watch the informative videos I have posted below. Also, where did you get the idea that we want climate change deniers "imprisoned"? Sounds like blatant fear mongering to me. Also, everything else aside- do you honestly believe that the 194 countries who signed the Paris Deal were tricked? Do you really think that the U.N. cannot be trusted with its Climate Report? Do you honestly think yourself smarter than all of these nations and scientists? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6TGlq1rmdand8U kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvYeHaAf7p6qck kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqbKYaWce6iSgpo

[@abuzen1578]

@@futilitariano you are not from fucking medieval times, why are you speaking like a skyrim character?

[@spicecrop]

Nothing but a bunch of leftist rhetoric. This child only knows propaganda. She presents nothing factual. It's all emotional worry. The climate has been going through changes since the dawn of time. All we need to do is not litter and don't be wasteful.

[@beehappy7797]

@Hobbes Best comment I've ever read on youtube. Still laughing.

[@alfredcolley7531]

Ya know, when I was a kid, my cousins and I picked up pop bottles along the road and turned them in for 3cents each. We wrapped our school books with paper from grocery store bags to keep them looking new. We were conservative in all things, you never left a light on when you walked out of a room. People have reversed all the things we used to do.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

When we had comunism in my country and I was a child , recycling was a big thing, we were required to recycle everything, they collected it in school.

[@mariobadia4553]

Now socialists disguised as environmentalists are setting trash cans on fire and leave garbage all over the place after they move their angry mob elsewhere.

[@mariobadia4553]

@@Daniela-pr7rz they also would send you and your family members to the gulag if you dare profess any other opinion than the ones they like.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

@@mariobadia4553 oh yeah, I know how communism works and you misunderstood me is you though my comment was a praise, just finding similarities to what's happening now.

[@twalgoolan4249]

@@Daniela-pr7rz Do not worry about Mario Badia's response, remember you are dealing with a climate change denialist, so their thought processes would not be capable of understanding your point.

[@davidwankmuller8695]

"Once we start to act, hope is everywhere"

[@ieatcrayons2517]

HOW DARE YOU!?!

[@chuchaichu]

No, it is not. Dead bodies will more likely be everywhere than hope. Statistically speaking, a government needs to kill 3 - 30 million people to get the rest to act in a way that is against self-interest and for the "collective good". Check communism and its history.

[@7thpilot]

Wind Turbines life expedience is only on average 12 years. Fossil fuels are needed to build them and then there is the problem of land fills to story the broken ones. Solar Panels life is an average of 5 years fossil fuels used for there construction, old panels in land fills contaminate ground water.

[@davidwankmuller8695]

@@7thpilot Wind turbines last up to 25 years and 80 - 90 % of their mass can be recycled. Solar Panels are also being recyicled

[@7thpilot]

@@davidwankmuller8695 False

[@Will_200]

Her: i only speak when i need to , this is one of those times Me: The audience: ahahaha

[@elrey53]

You don't see Greta's face when she says that. The public does see it and react. If you listen well, Greta herself finds the phrase humorous.

[@patrickmcdonough7008]

@@elrey53 Yes!! (autism is challenging our ignorant, shallow, psuedo forms of belonging. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2KkhpeXfZJ4hq8

[@agustincailliat3111]

That is true jajajaja

[@slurpii4669]

Shes like Floyd Mayweather, she appears when she needs money

[@BiancaAguglia]

"Instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then and only then hope will come." ❤ Brilliant talk.

[@maito660]

Totally agree

[@The-Honest-Veteran]

I'm sorry to say that no amount of hope or human actions will stop the ongoing mini ice age. It's not because we have pushed ourselves beyond a point of no return. It's actually because we are going through a solar cycle called the "Grand Solar Minimum". There is nothing we can do to stop the effects our Sun has on our climate. Please do some research and discover the truth for yourself.

[@michaeloreilly657]

@@The-Honest-Veteran Kevin, I have done the research. How I went you were correct. Yes, the sun is giving out less power at the moment, but yes the earth is warming uncontrollably. Please read proper science and you will understand what Greta is saying to you personally.

[@The-Honest-Veteran]

@@michaeloreilly657 Thank you, Michael, for taking the time to do the research. My concern is that the science we are expected to listen to may be designed to keep us in the dark. Most scientists/experts rely on grant money to fund their research projects and if they don't follow the party line they run the risk of not getting funded or worse, losing their jobs. I know exactly what Greta is saying, but we literally have no effect over the Sun's power on this earth. Humanity will need to stick together to survive but even that won't stop what's coming.

[@MaddenDoctor]

But she just wasted 18 minutes talking about Hope with no action. In a room that uses god knows what resources to light and air condition.

[@malink2448]

"But the climat crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions. What we have to do is wake up and change" Damn.

[@vikasagrawal8126]

Really I think your prediction is wrong climate is not in our control

[@malink2448]

@@vikasagrawal8126 What we do obvi effects it

[@aebniala]

Change the corporate thinking. We got all the patents to solve it, well locked up into a vault you will never see...

[@darkensdiablos]

@Kevin Duggan you seem smart enough, have you read the ipcc report yet? Have you made up your own mind after reviewing the facts? You are right about the ice age, you just forgot when.. First we will have many heat waves and coldsnaps that will create massive food shortage, then sea level rises, that insurances won't pay for and THEN, when the remains of the human species are trying to organize and regroup after all the storms, THEN the new ice age will hit.. Nahh, just kidding, we probably won't survive to see the ice age 😉

[@AmarissaJanae2016]

200th like

[@raekeunoh5156]

This video is used in online classes in Korea.

[@dearkang2884]

헉.... ㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅋㅋㅎ어떻게 아셨찌

[@user-df5hd9hf9e]

저도 숙제...........

[@aneesadura7380]

In malaysia too lol

[@arabellapowell6504]

Same in Australia

[@YankeeRebel1348]

Feel bad for yall

[@CassiTheNerd]

The audience laughed at some really odd times.

[@mitjamackenzie1219]

Agreed

[@alexlivesey6821]

Neurotypicals...🤦‍♀️

[@bonsoirnon7966]

Alison Livesey you seems pretty normal and limited.

[@delishabarretto1326]

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[@DrArvindNarayan]

@@delishabarretto1326 wow tamil aah

[@Jdchin87]

"I only speak when I think it's necessary"- Greta Thunberg. This sounds like something that we should all be doing.

[@YZER19]

Why isn't she acting on it then?

[@mistercurmudgeon7353]

yeah, but who'se writing your scripts?

[@supergene256]

Well, like all children, instead of doing what “you think” you should listen to responsible adults and be quiet when told...

[@Em-uz1ot]

@@YZER19 I'm sorry ?

[@markarmage3776]

Unfortunately she is so uninformed and brainwashed that she doesn't even think Where's that report of apocalypse results?

[@boiifyoudont9996]

"You think the only people who are people, Are the people who look and think like you, But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew" _ Pocahontas

[@daylightknight6373]

What's your point? xd

[@kermm8056]

@@daylightknight6373 Did you not understand the quote? It's meaning is actually rather profound but its not hard to understand...

[@kermm8056]

@Lloyd Gittens I know I was replying to the person who was dismissive of it.

[@CrazehPants]

Did Elizabeth Warren really say this? 🧐🤔

[@danielalbaz3528]

@@kermm8056 no it just makes no sense in this context

[@shawnsmith4692]

There are always grey areas. And they're usually filled with billions of dollars.

[@kabirbaidhya8818]

As an individual if you want to do your best to help fight climate change, you can: 1. Be vegan 2. Re-cycle and reuse more 3. Choose green/renewable energy alternatives as much as possible 4. Plant trees 5. Adopt and endorse eco-friendly lifestyle 6. Live minimal, save water, save resources and minimize your waste 7. Educate yourself This not only helps the planet but also saves your money, and benefits your health and lifestyle.

[@cindymcdonald8244]

Well said.

[@thefastcommenter7774]

Ok list if you don't include being vegan

[@jayda_ct]

In Spain, if you throw away plastic or anything els in the nature or streets you HAVE to pay 600 Euro’s!!

[@sabinabrown2573]

yet still the south of Spain is full of litter.

[@hoixmap520]

Nobody enforces it though, people continue to throw rubbish into the street

[@1Guug]

If they get you....

[@LubomilaTerziyska]

Sure, but why people still throw butts on the street? They are learned that way, because they know someone will clean it up after them, but yet the mindset hasn't change.

[@CoverBrazilian]

Jayda Chentouf That’s everywhere, lol.

[@Alternativebussy]

“Once we start to act hope is everywhere, so instead of looking for hope look for action”

[@juliebulletin5822]

Sophie Lynch this was an amazing

[@andyderksen8455]

No, once they "start to act," lives become ruined and get that much closer to tyrannical world government.

[@edwineyre2384]

SHEEEEEEEEP YOU'RE ALL SHEEEEEEEP

[@CommanderLongJohn]

@crazyeyes420 Ikr. What's very hypocritical, among other things, is that her wealthy family (and her obviously) and team of advisers/"coaches" have flown luxurious private jets all over thus far, if she's so "concerned" why not put your foot down and demand sea travel? Or even coach?

[@PaulOutdoors]

Sadly Sophie, Greta is a tool being used to change human society using climate alarmism. This has nothing to do with saving the planet. Research Agenda 2030.

[@AMBIKARANI]

Reminder of what we will leave to our younger generation.

[@dirkdiggler2234]

Yes....more children living on the ideas of others!! Perhaps they will all be reading from scripts aswell....

[@AMBIKARANI]

@@dirkdiggler2234 That's very much a possibility. Can't deny. I have a friend's son who is being forcibly asked to vlog everyday by him. Feels 😭

[@nurse425]

@@dirkdiggler2234 OR, taking those ideas and acting on them to change the future for the better! Also, she WROTE that!

[@dirkdiggler2234]

@@nurse425 don't be so stupid ffs....

[@billygnosis6976]

well said, like old people are like dum and stuff and like young people are like cool and stuff so I agree and like what you said like inspires me to be like cool and stuff.....

[@charliekahholi]

It's like a failing team project: you get the panicky, incompetent one throwing a tantrum for the competent one to get to work; but the competent one finds it too difficult and so procrastinates despite a looming deadline. The rest of us just expects the work to be done at some point.

[@kittensareawesome2789]

Panicky and incompetent? She just turned 18, and she’s already pushing to do as much as she can possibly do. I’d call her competent and the ‘competent’ incompetent.

[@Christine-te4mr]

We need more people and kids who care for their future to "throw tantrums" The "competent ones", she actually told about them (were you listening?), politicians and society are stopping them and ignoring them. She's right. Whether she's a teenager or an old woman, we ALL have to completely change, as much as possible to start with because it takes time to build, train, educate the masses and find ways to take over the billionaires who behave as if planet earth was their playground.

[@MsMinoula]

@@Christine-te4mr Educate who on what. Do you have a licence to do what you 're writing?

[@kungfucius10]

Only in a business corporate the incompetent ones are actually the bosses and who do the talking and throw jobs at the competent ones who do the work.

[@JimmyTwoTimesJimmyTwoTimes]

The deadline is getting so close that Obama bought beachfront property

[@crystalidx]

“Do not try to change the world without changing yourself.” -myself

[@jirehh.3020]

- Jordan Peterson

[@crystalidx]

Jireh H. Ohhh I must have ‘stole’ someone else’s quote. You are one of those climate LGBT freaks.

[@nathanquick9690]

crystalidx ooor that’s just a very generic and obvious statement that I’m sure thousands of people have “made up”

[@marienovak7270]

crystalidx Where did you even pull that from

[@jirehh.3020]

@@crystalidx I thought you were?

[@runePV]

The house is not on fire. The house is full of smokers. More and more people enter the house smoking. There are so many smokers in the room now that they all start to suffocate. Everyone is yelling : stop smoking , stop smoking. But nobody stops. More smokers enter the house...

[@arianedennison2395]

666rune4 PV THAT, my friend, was well done, brilliant!

[@AlternateKek]

this comment has motivated me to drive even more of my fossil fuel car and eat more meat to piss you off

[@somfplease]

CO (smokes) is a poison which no one is denying is bad. CO2 is required for life. Your best argument is a child telling everyone it's a poison. Then you wonder why people are skeptical.

[@illDefine1]

I hope you understand that by your own analogy, the house is now 0.04% filled with smoke.

[@daneyyp3328]

:(

[@LupaKima]

I wish I could so something like that. I’ve been wanting to make a video about whats happening, about how the world is falling apart. But I’m not sure how, how to tell people to listen to a child’s words.

[@elizabethgallop5362]

You could join a climate change board, citizensclimatelobby.org/

[@bigbear5767]

Maybe you shouldn't focus on things you have no effect on.

[@kajakern268]

Greta also says no one needs to listen to her / other children. But everyone needs to listen to the scientists!

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Best thing is *dont say how depressed you are*

[@hopeyoung8346]

Adults are not eager to listen to a child, to the words which are more precious and right than anyone's else. Instead they will make jokes and laugh at child's words. Now we are in 2021 nearly 2022, and unfortunately, nothing has changed.

[@TheOneTycoo]

The girl in the video: "When I was about 8 years old...." Me: HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW???

[@manniegains2728]

She'll be 18 in January.

[@TheOneTycoo]

@@manniegains2728 yeah I looked it up in realized 😂

[@vincent_vangogh]

When I was three, I used to eat dirt.

[@claramclean7301]

was it vegan?

[@cyberpunk11x]

Greta is a climate expert. She knows more about climate change than anyone else in the world!

[@TheKonga88]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡

[@lordawesometony2764]

Then you went crazy?

[@Darrenbrown09]

❤

[@carloscheng3315]

"Once we start to act, hope is everywhere" 10:20

[@joelwarren7457]

"In dark times, hope is something you give yourself, that is the meaning of inner strength" - Iroh

[@SteveSmith-fh6br]

We have got to act now or NY City will be under 20 feet of water by 2015 according to all the climate models. Tomorrow it will be too late.

[@presidentelect_porklachopp1350]

Steve Spam 😂😂😂😂

[@NickScottProducer]

Don’t glamorize someone with a loud mouth but offers no solutions

[@chrism546]

'Are we evil?' I'm not so sure the evidence supports an 'of course not.'

[@chrism546]

Maybe a 'probably not.'

[@Name-oz4lq]

Passing Through that makes those people evil, not the general population. If this unstable girl got you to think everyone is evil, I feel very sorry for you. A hefty majority of people are caring & loving. People are not born evil, they become evil in this world.

[@lkhoward24]

Capitalism is the villain.

[@tomdrayden7776]

@@chrism546 people are evil by nature

[@alexvarsany9453]

"What we are is stardust and toxic waste --- well mixed together."

[@cerak8116]

Before listening, I could have said that ‘I am quite aware of the environmental changes and enduring chaos that has been around our civilization for as long as I can remember’, but I have never been this ashamed for the fact that I thought so. Maybe I was ignorantly a little posh about the fact that I actually cared, compared to my colleagues and families, even though I knew thoroughly that only caring was and will never be enough. After watching the speech I felt doubtful about all the superficial views that I had kept for the past few years of my entire life. I immensely relate to her refer that survival is as means of black and white. We should be desperate about our very status, not just merely understanding the current situation, for it depends on our lives and future generations. I felt the urge to take action immediately as I was encouraged to do so, but was soon depressed by the fact that I had nothing to change at hand. Even so, I promise myself to start from the very basic things such as consumption to transportation and many other requirements I could find from my every-day life.

[@a-b-c123]

And yet as a developmental demonstration of maturation we outgrow the black and white thinking stage and move into the more adult world of critical thought...a mental capacity to discern between sharp oppositional polarities...this is the state we recognise as adulthood.

[@chrisez3188]

She’s dope “i only speak when i think it’s necessary”

[@emiliob63]

is the wonderfull leader

[@ecxstasy347]

Rohan Thank you for this fact!

[@IamNeighborlee]

mind your manners, your speaking to someone with great compassion, intellect, whom we need as too many adults deny global warming...she'/s a bright shinning star , should be, to all of us a warning if we heed NOW, we can reverse the damage to Earth, - if we don't, we fail the children of which she is one.\\ Stop your insanity, she is a wonderful soul, and we need more of her, not less, in reality we need much LESS of you. Stop your insanity, repent, and join our journey to save our planet, and ourselves and all other innocent life on this planet that will die if we do nothing. Isn't that worth change ?

[@jkenwell]

@@emiliob63 sure, if you like ignorant leaders. Blind leading the blind.

[@jkenwell]

she speaks from emotion or worse. She is completely uneducated on the subject and is just guided by the propaganda which is constantly being unleashed on us by the Cadillac-Environmentalists.

[@niidamin4322]

"When you think that money is more important than environment, just start counting your money while holding your breath.. "

[@book-tg6zh]

Human brain have been hacked

[@FaizanAminMir]

Rules have to change, Everything has to change. And it has tos Start today. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rishabhkumar8192]

She fell into depression with climate change when she was just 11?? For real??

[@kameijohnwilson9208]

Joke for sure! When she felt I'll she went under the blanket because it was to cold😂

[@peterjohnstaples]

@BlueBerryFairy1 So it is her crazy parent's fault?

[@criticalthinking_matters]

Yes... She is young still and not desensitized to things by the way the majority thinks... She learned one day and understood that our way of living was causing a mass extinction. She saw this as a big deal and figured the whole world would be talking about it, but noticed they weren’t..noticed no one was taking action..her reality changed, her view of the world became hopeless I imagine, and this triggered sadness, despair... it’s not a joke only because you can’t understand it.

[@peterjohnstaples]

@BlueBerryFairy1 It would take too long. Who would let their child fall into politics and mainstream media with a known problem? Are they pushing her into this, as it seems that it would be all that she would hear all day long?

[@rogerf7229]

@@isabelsousa4069 She's had help writing speeches, but she is very sincere and for real. So predictable, the generation to be snuffed would confront the older generation about greenhouse gasses. Seeing your surroundings at 16 y.o. wouldn't YOU say WTF is THIS ? !!!!

[@nouki000001]

I don't know about everywhere but at least in Belgium she is mocked by all media. When the papers found out she has selective mutism everyone thought she was a freak. Comments were saying "at one point she didn't talk for a whole year, that's not normal" while all I could think was that this girl has selective mutism, barely talks, probably never in front of large audiences, but for this cause she is talking. She is talking in front of audiences and camera's and that's so impressive and it also shows how important this is to her. edit: for everyone saying she has narcissistic personality disorder: she is very idealistic and does not show much empathy, these are signs of narcissism. But these are also signs of autism, and the DSM-5 (basically a guideline for diagnosis) will tell you to first consider other psychological disorders and when none of those can explain the signs, only then you consider a personality disorder. She shows signs of autism, has an autism diagnosis so let's leave it at that.

[@odd-arnedahle2173]

She has been manipulated and broken by her parents...

[@nadrey22]

@@ytmndan Narcissist? Do you even know the definition of a narcissist? Because as far as I know, speaking in behalf of the survival of the world, is far from Narcissism.

[@TashaTragedy93]

She is far from a narcissist want a classic narcissist look at trump everything he does is for self preservation not anyone else...

[@British-Human]

I mock her.

[@stevewapner9061]

Wasn't the protagonist of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, or something like that, a traumatized mute girl? She's probably imitating behavior she saw in this movie.

[@nightsketcher]

"Instead of looking for hope look for action."

[@censorshipisbookburning3235]

Or use your kids to push your ideology, as an excuse to shame people into your beliefs. I'm not saying that people shouldn't be less wasteful, but using your child to shame the world is a disgusting and shameful act.

[@carltonhanks4020]

@@censorshipisbookburning3235 this isn't an ideology it's the fate of us all and everyone's responsibility

[@brynawaldman5790]

@@censorshipisbookburning3235 Greta Thunberg is doing what she wants to do. To couch it as if her parents are forcing her to do this to shame others is ridiculous. (And Greta is brilliant at it.)

[@brynawaldman5790]

5:34 ". . . so; why are we not reducing our emissions? . . . Are we evil? No; of course not. People keep doing what they do because the vast majority doesn't have a clue about the consequences of our everyday life." Big Oil has known about global warming through hydrocarbon emissions for about 70 years. So long as they get richer they don't care. Politicians who depend on Big Oil for campaign donations won't do anything about this issue. (Trump just revoked the power of the state of California to cap auto emissions. Because California is such a huge part of the market, since the 1970s, the entire auto industry has built all cars slated for sale in America to Californian standards. By scrapping those standards Trump has basically changed it so all new cars in the US will pollute more. This is going in the OPPOSITE direction of what we need . . . .) So long as the politicians get re-elected they don't care. That means all of the GOP and all of the corporate Democrats. The world cannot move forward on this issue without the active participation of the US. We need to put more progressives in office . . . . GOTV!

[@nigglenoo]

@MGTOWmonk Black Knight Great suggestion, so I did that and it turns out the climate crisis is real after all!

[@user-th8vq4rk8e]

Today, while reading the newspaper, I came across an article about the ozone layer stabilizing. So I looked for more detailed information and the smallest 16.4 km² record since 1982, when the announcement of the minimum value since ozone hole observations was the highest annually in September 2019, was gradually reduced as ozone depleting substances decreased. Research has shown that the recovery of ozone pores is greatly reduced.

[@laracoffman5931]

문성환 wow that is cool thanks for the information!😊

[@sfreddy]

You read false, out of context information. I am saying this from a scientific point of view. If you read something and do not question it, you are bound to make that mistake.

[@derekmanuel969]

“There are no grey areas when it comes to survival”. So many grey areas

[@drewdrewman28]

Haha indeed. Much easy to paint it as black and white. Survival for many in Africa would be: cheap reliable energy, allowing development, education, life expectancy increase etc etc. But that involves having a sensible discussion.

[@davidevans3223]

@@drewdrewman28 evolution made us all different until people accept that its not going to change look as iq tests similar everywhere in the world except Africa no exceptions sub Saharan i must point out . How can it be coincidence its plain for anyone to see . Were we once apes yes all dogs are wolves but some breeds are better than others

[@Angel-jk8cb]

The sad thing is that we watched the presentation, we clapped but most of us did nothing to help to solve this situation.

[@ibmtpx24]

It's because human brain have 2 parts, one is instinctive/savage/emotion and the other is the analytic part. The numbers and facts from climate change only affects the analytic part of the brain. However the emotional part, which governs our behavior, is not affected. We know underneath that we can't escape math or cause-and-effect reasoning but if the bad thing from climate change sounds so distant, we can't relate. The recent video on Trevor Noah touched this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZqWpp2cjbGMd8U

[@mellieaqua6954]

Winter I started vegan living 4 days ago after listening to her and her climate action kids and best suggestions to help the environment. I challenge everyone else to join us now.

[@mellieaqua6954]

Even if you think all is lost as it’s inevitable that this planet goes thru another extinction. DONT CAUSES HORRIBLE SUFFERING TO OTHER ANIMALS FEELING YOU STOMACH WITH THEIR CARCASSES INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE LATEST TREAD THATS BECOME HUGE EVEN IN FAST FOOD POPULAR RESTAURANTS AND EAT PLANT BASED PROTEIN PRODUCTS, like Almost Meat burgers to name one of hundreds of forward thinkers food choices that help the environment not destruct so fast

[@Thomas-pu2qw]

I skipped work. That's something?

[@SevenEllen]

I've gone vegan. I've been recycling for years. I don't drive. I've started doing something.

[@Al_Bundy_1966]

They all clapped and cheered, then drove home, drove to work, and to this day are all still driving their cars.

[@mortuaryartist4390]

And don’t forget most of the recycling ends up on a slow boat to China.

[@Its_the_dasha]

And eating meatloaf for dinner

[@johnquest3102]

Ride a bicycle - that is easy, even for a climate hypocrite.

[@pedrokantor3997]

Feeling good and feeling like you are making a difference by going to a talk is a service.

[@stillperspective488]

You know modern cars ain‘t responsible for this global warming hoax right? Stop watching tv. It‘s complete bs

[@BZ123taken]

I don't understand how it still go so many dislikes

[@avahowell4666]

"Complaining about a problem without proposing a solution is called whining" -Teddy Roosevelt

[@anxiouscephalopod]

Ironic considering that you’ve done a bit of the same on this KZbin video. 🤔

[@nelsoncolaco9537]

Teddy Roosevelt Greata is not winning. She is trying to put some messages across to your seniors.

[@overgrowthplanet7531]

She sounds like a complainer

[@anteater9408]

@@anxiouscephalopod ok, so lemme offer the solution: stop encouraging Greta

[@Kate-bw6rp]

She's very right. I'm a Japanese high school student and same old as her (so my English may be wrong). I sometimes wonder why many countries, especially improving countries are continually thinking about not this problem but wars, conflicts and their own profits. It's very strange. But I just think, don't act. So I impressed her message. I think we should start action. In fact, I watched it to study English, but I decide to leave a message for the first time. I hope this movie is watched by more people. I am sorry for the long and unskilled sentence.

[@kripakripa7309]

Hello, your english is great! And I wish you all the luck to act small to make an impact for betterment. ❤️

[@shafeervk007]

Well said

[@olahedberg8613]

Your English is great!

[@martisole6249]

Strike on fridays. Organize with others your age, and other ecoligists.

[@Nobody-fb7ni]

English is decent. Some words in the wrong place(unskilled sentence, same old) but I can understand what you’re saying, which you can’t say for a lot of people learning to speak English.

[@amandabromell9660]

I moved to Edinburgh 6 months ago from New Zealand. I am 31 and have had a car since I was 15 years old. Since moving to Edinburgh I have not needed a car because the transport system is so good. The UK is fantastic for public transport.

[@Hanhandoesthecancan]

Amanda Bromell trains are too expensive in the uk though

[@Physicist-]

Hannah yeah public transport is about twice as expensive as manual transpirt

[@b_nadams]

Amanda Bromell Lothian Buses are amazing! They’re slow in the city centre and often delayed but the number of routes and frequency are great

[@BA-ue8lh]

Amanda Bromell Get a bicycle, like the communists want you to.

[@shuffman8094]

Amanda Bromell urban areas are good for public transportation. But, many people live in suburbs and rural areas where they need their own mode of transportation ie car

[@annasweeney9189]

Who else is here from school?

[@justariane3241]

meh

[@nesmarr5568]

yessir

[@milk.mp4191]

wish i wasn't :/

[@RRRJJJ]

yep

[@alejandrochiquillo3826]

dou

[@jeetendrasinghyadav4092]

Yes it's true we have to looking for action not hope

[@hfortenberry]

"Some people say that I should be in school instead (of striking for the climate)....And what is the point of learning facts in the school system when the most important facts given by the finest scientists of that same school system clearly means nothing to our politicians and our society?" This is probably one of the most profound statements I have ever heard. Indeed, Greta, indeed.

[@arothmel]

@Socrates - Naive!? She's 16! So I ask -- what are you doing?

[@ksc743]

@S thing is, it's not the poor counties who have cars or private jets, or fly every week somewhere around the world, or use heating or air-con. She doesn't need to worry about those, because once all the wealthy people have caused the weather to change before our eyes, the poor will just get poorer and die first because they have no defences mechanisms against drought (no crops), floods (no crops, no homes), fires (no crops, no homes). Not to mention all the animals. 200 insects and animals are currently going extinct every day. This is what this and past generations have left for this young lady and future generations to inherit. I salute her courage.

[@tomthx5804]

You are easily impressed

[@rogerbennett9641]

@@ksc743 ''It's not the poor countries'' But with our interference they will soon be polluting along with the rest of us. God bless the morally bankrupt valueless consumers and the wealthy who created them

[@laragio]

Like she actually wrote that, smh.

[@edmsing]

”In the year 2078, I will celebrate my 75th birthday. If I have children or grandchildren, maybe they will spend that day with me. Maybe they will ask me about you, the people who were around back in 2018. Maybe they will ask why you didn’t do anything while there still was time to act. What we do or don’t do right now, will affect my entire life and the lives of my children and grandchildren. What we do or don’t do right now, me and my generation can’t undo in the future”.

[@jeerapaul]

and.......waiting for punchline

[@nothingbutthetruth3227]

I’m now 53 and they’ve been saying that since I was a kid. Scientists have no clue. They’re just fortune tellers with lab coats. I feel sorry for the kids that these politicians are scaring!!

[@helimark6161]

Stop having children is the best change available to save the planet.

[@secondchance6603]

@@helimark6161 Shame your parents never shared your idea...

[@helimark6161]

@@secondchance6603 Not true as when I was conceived the population of Australia was less than 10 million and the world less than 3 billion How sweet it was ! No climate change apparently and food for all!

[@igotnojams7213]

teacher send this for lesson??? yes

[@nadiacaver2708]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@arnavg7973]

yup

[@thenotsoemogod5185]

Yes...

[@finnblackhall901]

Yes lad

[@aizen9118]

yup

[@triangularclocksandwich4393]

I'm just questioning why 10k people disliked this video when it's talking about a serious issue in our world that most people aren't really doing as much as they should to stop it, especially when it's already impacting us today.

[@nurse425]

Because people are stupid and THAT'S the problem!

[@donniemoder1466]

Because think it is such a huge overwhelming problem that they can't get their head around, so they thumbsdown the video because they dislike the message and they hope it will just go away. Don't bring this message to me because there is nothing I can do to change it, it is too overwhelming so just get rid of the message, let someone else do something about it.

[@RalphLawson2020]

@@donniemoder1466 exactly! They just dont want to act so they ignore it and give a thumbs down

[@donniemoder1466]

@amy w And 99.9% of all the climatologists.

[@Blorckits]

greta is a loser

[@majinge5891]

In fact, modern factory farms emit far more greenhouse gases than you can imagine. Not only the buses you catch, cars you drive, planes you take, the meat served on your table also contributes greatly to global warming. If you have to catch buses, drive cars and take planes, then try to eat less meat to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

[@majinge5891]

@knowledge share I mean, cattle, chicken, and pig themselves emits greenhouse gases like CH4 and CO2 etc. Yet self-powered clean energy is a very great way to reducing greenhouse gases emission. :)

[@aebniala]

You dont see it fake, a scam and you are falling for it....

[@newtoniantime8804]

Studies shows that in Scandinavia it is better to eat meat than tomatoes in consideration of carbon dioxide emissions.

[@Venjem]

@@newtoniantime8804 Oh yeah? Please report these studies right here. Title and author, Google scholar link, or DOI. Anything is fine.

[@aebniala]

Just a bunch of hog wash. You are made of carbon and other gas and mineral and carbone is the principal one.. no carbon no life...But you dont need to piss in you glass of water do.. You can use it as fertilizer before....

[@johnduarte5774]

When i was a kid i used to be normal then i started watching TV

[@TheBadboybrian]

Normal is Defined when you Rob a Bank and they Write a Multi Billion Dollar Rap song about you ... =D not Slim Shady Incorporated...

[@daylightknight6373]

What's your point?

[@yurdadsdad]

stop watching tv then XD

[@gardnerberry113]

@@daylightknight6373 Television used to give us wholesome entertainment and vital information. But over time, it has evolved to not only give us a more depraved form of entertainment but has become an effective tool for social engineering. If you haven't noticed this then, nevermind. You can't point out the obvious to those who cannot see.

[@lornamupada6353]

so does it means that I'm abnormal too

[@onestepahead1736]

The best part : when we start to act , hope is every where 👌👌👏👏👏👏bravo 👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

[@billygnosis6976]

well said, I love little words of love and praise. its what we need more of and not negativity and meanies

[@FaizanAminMir]

Love u, will support u always. Keep moving on, We always stand by u❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheCJUN]

Since we humans are able to see the web of life, we think we stand above it.

[@liloruf2838]

So so true!

[@aabracadavra]

That's really beautifully put.

[@gerainthughes3725]

We do.

[@lazylight007]

She articulates so well. Powerful message. We have the technonology and solutions to address this crisis but we do not implement them because our politicians do not act and our society as whole needs to understand this is something of urgency. I believe our media should educate and reinforce this issue as well.

[@frogger2513]

As it was in the 70s for the coming ice age and the hokey stick 90s right i cannot believe how this nonsense propagates. 50 years now yall been saying were gonna die cuz climate change wait global warming wait which one? I dont know but i do know that its been colder this year in illinois a few times than fucking Antarctica.

[@pdken3081]

@@frogger2513 it has been very cold where you are.

[@HikaruKuma]

@@frogger2513 Global warming means the average temperature of the whole world has risen up to 1 celsius degree in a hundred year, which is 20 times faster than what's considered the normal rate for 10,000 years. Climate change means the normal temperature and weather across the world has changed drastically, some places become scorching while others are freezing as you've experienced in your state.

[@HikaruKuma]

The carbon circle of CO2 and O2 had been balanced in the past, until we began to emit more CO2 than ever, which stays in the atmosphere and absorbs and emits radiant energy that should have been released back to space. Currently about 57% of human-emitted CO2 is removed by the biosphere and oceans. What about the rest? It adds up with time and reaches all time highest with every passing year. CO2 in the atmosphere goes up and down but it had never gone pass 300 ppm in the last 800,000 years; it passed 400 this decade. No one questions the important of CO2, in fact life on Earth can't live without CO2. However, too much CO2 and greenhouse gasses causes what called greenhouse effect, which can easily be reproduced in experiments. “50 years now yall been saying were gonna die cuz climate change wait global warming”. Well, floods happen 15 times more than that in the past since 2005, and extreme temperature events 20 times. People died in these events which happen more frequently. I guess you guys are willing to bet our existence as a species and continue to use finite resources while we just could invest in infinity resources with little risks. @Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ

[@davidahrner4876]

The only thing is that climate change is not a crisis for the human race. And also I do believe the earth is not threatened will still continue to exist. And for us humans even if the water levels rise above some cities, I am pretty sure we can build barriers at a speed of 20 cm a year, and this is the worst case scenarios.

[@gaetanofasulo5394]

it is important to produce electricity without using fossil fuels and to lower energy prices to spread electric cars and lower their costs it is important to use only energy that does not harm the planet

[@7thpilot]

Wind Turbines life expedience is only on average 12 years. Fossil fuels are needed to build them and then there is the problem of land fills to story the broken ones. Solar Panels life is an average of 5 years fossil fuels used for there construction, old panels in land fills contaminate ground water.

[@gaetanofasulo5394]

@@7thpilot 552 / 5000 Risultati della traduzione From 2030 BMW will only build electric cars and sell them online .... from 2030 all cars sold will be electric; in Europe everyone will have to buy a new TV in a year and throw away the old ones ... today everything has to be changed more and more often; this is the ecological trransizine that Grweta and the politicians who finance it talk about ..... If we want to help the planet we must follow the scientists and always buy new products; Hreta and her family earn millions of Euros; this is today the true ecology!

[@7thpilot]

The problem is we can not Produce enough reliable electricity to power all homes businesses etc and electric cars. Nuclear but that has serious draw backs also. Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel which runs most power plants, so to power your electric vehicles you burn Natural gas to get that power. Solar and Wind farms help but to keep up with demand we would need 10 times as much as we have now plus we have to replace and maintain what is in place now. Fossil fuels are needed to produce all of this. Electricity is not a low cost item and to achieve any kind of sustainable level the cost would be so high most people would not be able to afford to heat their home. Fossil fuels is used for planting and harvesting crops, if that can be changed to electric equipment fine but food costs would be through the roof.

[@gaetanofasulo5394]

@@7thpilot Ok .....this is also true but politicians and experts are moving towards the transition to electricity .... they will produce cars without internal combustion engines but only with electric motors ..... sdesspo are doing everything possible to revive air transport which due to the what was in economic crisis; planes must continue to fly and passengers must be able to use them safely ... they are doing this and talking about ecological development and environmental protection ....

[@7thpilot]

@@gaetanofasulo5394 Experts ????? The problem with all the science is that all studies are bought and paid for by groups that want their narrative to be the outcome of the test. Cleaner is what we all should want but we cant ignore what works best. Wind Turbines kill more birds then any other source of energy. Have you ever walked around a wind turbine that has not had anybody around it for awhile its horrible. We can have cleaner air water but everything has to balance. The best way to combat pollution is for the population to drop. Less people less energy needed. The climate scare has been around since the 1960s and since then all industries have improved except in Countries like China, Russia and even India.

[@peterparker1785]

I think it’s crazy how there is visual evidence of climate change and yet people still don’t try and do something about it.

[@valeskhaconk2550]

Si

[@nikkiroeder5774]

@@StellaLovesMusic25 RIGHT ??

[@elithewatchman1111]

Just wait until computers can generate completely unreal backgrounds that fool you into thinking they're real. Oh, wait...

[@awatchman5945]

Climate Change is a FARCE ! The sandman is coming for you Peter Parker !

[@hyacinthlynch843]

There's nothing we can do about it.

[@fernerz1]

As a good friend said recently, "Stop discussing, start implementing."

[@sarahkagan4346]

She is not schooling anyone. She is a tool that has teachers, handlers and financers that are all Marxist. She knows no science and she is simply repeating tired old cliches that were being used by climate frauds for 14 years before she was born. www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/CMIP5-90-models-global-Tsfc-vs-obs-thru-2013.png

[@AndiKowalski]

@mary jane LOL Okay thank you better luck next time

[@liberpater1342]

@@sarahkagan4346 The term "useful idiots" comes to mind.

[@johnbrown2163]

What is a Protest?

[@jimm6095]

Walk to work and stop using Plastic (it's made from petroleum) buy a wood cell phone(EMF is completely healthy so hold the cell right up to your head), next trip to Europe go on a sailing ship, ride to the harbor on a horse and buggy! Note how 8 years of Fkushima nuclear waste and upcoming deadly G5 radiation are completely ignored by fake Climate Change promoters!!

[@SofiaCRiv]

While most of us teens are stuck up on Instagram this girl is making a difference! I totally admire her. I hope more and more people watch this video and make a change for their lives.

[@pepperjack3412]

You just watched this video, how are you changing your life?

[@SofiaCRiv]

Ernesto Parada my family and I don’t use plastic bags anymore, straws or disposable cups.

[@beehappy7797]

The best thing we can do as individuals is to stop eating meat.

[@SofiaCRiv]

jack hansen you’re right, I am not vegetarian or vegan but I eat meat only once a week. I feel like if everyone ate meat once a week or went vegan/vegetarian we would make a big difference.

[@YTTraveler777]

@@SofiaCRiv Don't let these selfrightous fanatics guilt you into changing everything for a cause based on dodgy highly political biased and contaminated pseudo "science".

[@lwgg742]

There are no gray areas when it comes to survival. Exactly!! I feel like I'm surrounded by the insane! How can you look at the problem and go "oh well ..." ???

[@Human_01]

They are called 'narcissists'.

[@binitkumarsingh1007]

Now if we lack consciousness anymore about climate change despite all of her endeavour then we won’t be in a condition to survive on this planet.

[@poakkoan8029]

"once we start to act ,hope is everywhere" the best things i have ever heard in my life

[@aebniala]

The first water car was built over 100 years ago, and you still dont know about it....

[@IchCharacter]

Then get acting. Stop climate change, one suicide at a time! Very hopeful. That way, people will finally stop producing CO2, CO and methane. Come on, do it for the environment!

[@secondchance6603]

Really? That's the best thing you've ever heard?

[@PoPo-hr5dg]

@@aebniala they still used gasoline idiot to heat up the water to use the steam

[@aebniala]

@@PoPo-hr5dg You dont need gasoline or electricity to make steam... Cavitation does it easily and there is thorium also... lots more, locked in patent even...

[@henridinossauro2]

Its messed up that nations and international organizations failed so badly in tackling the issue of climate change, that it took teenagers to bring this major issue to the public consciousness.

[@xxwookey]

@John Hillman How does this rather profound pointing out of the essential problem 'trivialise' the discussion? Seems to me it's a bout time we got more people pointing out that we have a massive problem (a genuine emergency in fact) and nearly everyone is just ignoring it.

[@cashlance4863]

Henri São Paulo children are indoctrinated in school to believe this. That is why you see children speaking about it. The rest of us who are not in the climate change religion disregard it.

[@The-Honest-Veteran]

Nations and international organizations are not failing at anything related to climate change. They are however using global warming as an excuse to add additional taxes and regulations to increase their control over us. I strongly suggest you do some research into something called the "Grand Solar Minimum" and the upcoming mini ice age. Our Sun is the main culprit for the ongoing climate change around the globe, not greenhouse gases. The Sun is more powerful than most people realize.

[@aspergianheteroclite3014]

There are plenty of people doing things to try and effect change. They are just often marginalised and demonised by the establishment.

[@azharahsan3807]

Incredible,we will together stop the pollution

[@7thpilot]

Wind Turbines life expedience is only on average 12 years. Fossil fuels are needed to build them and then there is the problem of land fills to story the broken ones. Solar Panels life is an average of 5 years fossil fuels used for there construction, old panels in land fills contaminate ground water.

[@billygnosis6976]

yea!!! finally some one with the courage to speak the truth about mean people and people who are like mean and stuff like that...bravo and good tidings

[@dianaaajeaan1310]

We need to act in oder to find hope!

[@thomasokeefe9335]

In the book "Poseidon Adventure" the majority of survivors follow the ship's doctor. He said he knew the way. The preacher tried to tell them they were wrong. They ridiculed him and continued to follow the ship's doctor and later died. But their leader gave them hope … 'till the bitter end.

[@7thpilot]

Wind Turbines life expedience is only on average 12 years. Fossil fuels are needed to build them and then there is the problem of land fills to story the broken ones. Solar Panels life is an average of 5 years fossil fuels used for there construction, old panels in land fills contaminate ground water.

[@FreeYogaTV]

This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen.

[@pugnate666]

@MrFatilo which is exactly what everybody here will be doing

[@FreeYogaTV]

@MrFatilo awe, sad. I hope some of us will make a few changes from this. I know I will be thinking about this talk any time I am making decisions that effect my balance with the planet.

[@ufewl]

Yours is the stupidest comment I've ever seen.

[@The-Honest-Veteran]

If this is one of the best things you've ever seen then I strongly suggest you do some research into something called the "Grand Solar Minimum". You will be very surprised to learn that climate change is actually directly linked to our Sun and not greenhouse gases. Please take the time to inform yourself and don't fall for the lies you're told by centralized governments.

[@milesk4953]

Wrong. The climate will change with or without us. A total failure of the education system.

[@1umaLove]

The key phrase: “What we do or don’t do right now Greta and her generation cannot undo in the future”. The time is NOW

[@AreebIrshadSimplifies]

What I love about Greta is her honesty. When she talks, its raw and real.

[@dirkdiggler2234]

And scripted.....you are joking right?

[@justaguy1976]

She just wants power. And she was inspired by her parents.

[@andrewcarr2023]

@@dirkdiggler2234 Every TED talk ever has been scripted. Do you really think people just go up there and freestyle their speeches?

[@JUANGALAN-UNIVERSOS]

Subtítulos en español por favor...

[@aninditaandaroondhatiraksh9772]

" Be the change you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi

[@Kelvin-iy6vy]

Can you get any more cliche and cheesier?

[@aninditaandaroondhatiraksh9772]

@@maryroberts4095 we are hindus, I guess you don't know but it's the Muslims who wear burqa not us,so next time when you're commenting something lyk this, please keep it in mind😊

[@hamonryehd]

@@Kelvin-iy6vy i mean... it's cliche for a reason. simple truths are never hard to think up, but are hardest to enact. if they weren't ... the rate of cancer due to cigarette smoke would dissapear.

[@aninditaandaroondhatiraksh9772]

@@Kelvin-iy6vy I do know that but we should actually be the change we want to see in the world nobody else is gonna do that for us...the person who said this maybe not be a good person but what he said actually makes sense.

[@hamonryehd]

@@Kelvin-iy6vy and yet he lead a country to freedom, inspired one of our great leaders to take part in the same (MLK, civil disobedience). everyone is a hypocrite. slave labor produced your phone, computer, sneakers, coffee, but neither of us has done much to counterbalance our evil.

[@RaTeeBoom]

A friend of mine shared this video. He flies weekly between London and Singapore. When he's in Singapore he's definitely not worried about using the air con, when he's in London he drives a '96 BMW. Why do people feel the need to pay lip service to the cause de jour?

[@johnfranklin1955]

Because they know it’s Leftist Lunacy that’s not coming to fruition. Name me one projection of global warming made in the last 30 years that has proven correct.

[@RaTeeBoom]

@@johnfranklin1955 I can't, I agree with you, just wondering why so many feel the need to virtue signal.

[@jaccogroen9367]

@@johnfranklin1955 can you give me one serious research from 2019 that says that Global warming has nothing to do with human activity ? I can't find it. Only some far right websites come with fake news.

[@PoPo-hr5dg]

@@RaTeeBoom that's what Europeans and Californians like to do

[@PoPo-hr5dg]

@@jaccogroen9367 nasa said the global temperature has only risen by 1 degree in a hundred years

[@callumcoates-keddy9107]

I think the audience thought they were at the comedy gala.

[@rashidmdharun6001]

The girl is extraordinary. She explained some unspoken truth of our very fast modern life. My country Bangladesh is mostly effected cause of climate cbange. Why not trying to build heavy and light insustry or factory or workshop nature & ozone friendly? ?

[@unknowndefault]

What an impressive speech. So young, so brilliant.

[@danielshaysevand5096]

so intelligent too way to go young one

[@brettb9194]

really. she figured this all out for herself? someone is using her - this is the worst TED video I have ever observed, usually I would consider something like this to be TEDx but the result is the same: I'm off

[@draw1951]

Brett B people criticized the Parkland students when they rallied against the NRA, some saying they were professional plants. I think we need to give our children worldwide, the respect they deserve for speaking out and credit where credit is due, that it came from their minds, not someone else’s.

[@YTTraveler777]

@@draw1951 no. Maybe kids need to learn respect and maybe adult activists stop exploiting their " innocence".

[@gerainthughes3725]

@@draw1951 She is a pawn of the left, they should be strung up for their crimes.

[@Juniexbug]

I felt just like Greta, when I was in 7th grade doing a project on animal extinction in 1972. Again in 1976 when I protested the nuclear power plant in my backyard.I wish I had lived my life differently. I wish my immune system was normal. Take action like you will be alive to live at these emission levels.

[@Uriel238]

Nuclear power, while an intermediary power source would have given us more time by displacing coal reactors. Yes, spent fuel rods are really awful, but they can be contained rather than polluting the atmosphere.

[@burninghard]

​@Reunite The British Empire Thousands of scientific peer reviewed papers say you are wrong. If you want to find a brainwashed person you will surely find some mirror somewhere.

[@burninghard]

@@Uriel238 There are a few more issues with nuclear power than just the radioactive waste and the potential for a nuclear catastrophe. If you want to completely eradicate all carbon emissions you simply use up too much uranium much too fast. That would only last for a few decades. Also it is not so easy to adjust nuclear power plants to unsteady power consumption you get from solar panels and wind power. In theory it is easy to shut down a nuclear power plant in reality that is quite dangerous and not so easy to pull off. And as a last point building nuclear plants is quite expensive im comparison to solar panels and wind mills and takes too long. Also why use a technology that we already know has some issues we don´t have any solution for yet when there already exists alternatives that are a lot less expensive, easier to build, widely accessible and equally efficient. That is not reasonable at all.

[@SteveSmith-fh6br]

Agreed. As a kid in the 70's I was deathly afraid of a coming ice age that all the scientists and shows were warning about. I'd lay in bed worrying about freezing to death some day. Kids are goofy that way.

[@ric2504]

So you've actually heard 47 years of catastrophic predictions that didn't come true and believe the current malarkey? Fascinating.

[@Toshineko]

Remember when TED started letting in people who know what they're talking about to make inspirational speeches on stage?

[@thevigilante7550]

5% of people actually care about this. 95% of people came here for the memes

[@devanshsharma346]

lol (2)

[@rick_from_yr]

How dare you

[@idalundborg5002]

Cobber 2406! Haha im one of the 95%

[@birddogfreemann]

When was the last time you heard anyone speak about OVER POPULATION (an original cause of climate change) and the NEED for POPULATION CONTROL?

[@truthlive6499]

This is Dirty Mao Ideology 🤮

[@SignalChange]

If you're white, have less kids to save the environment. white people have less kids Western Governments : OMG we must import the entire 3rd world to prop up population decline !

[@jkenwell]

Exactly. The entire agenda is one of "population control" [really population decimation], disguised as concern for the environment. But really the only people decimated at this point will be the gullible "Europeans".

[@birddogfreemann]

@@jkenwell No, you misunderstood my comment. Over Population has caused all of the world's problems, and I am advocating for Population Control in Asia, India, and in Latin America AND, of course, AFRICA.

[@jkenwell]

@@birddogfreemann I do not. I advocate for population self-control, meaning: no external food aid, no medical aid, no mass migration, if your population outgrows the ability of your environment to sustain you, tough luck. I do not advocate for people deciding for other people what they can do with their bodies, but I do advocate that people must live (or die) with the consequences of their decisions.

[@dcoughla681]

Greta. Please ask Vogue’s Creative Director, Johan Svensson, the man who arranged those lovely photos of you for UK September Vogue, why he flies from Stockholm to London several times every week and get him to stop!!

[@grantkruse1812]

That poor kid has been telling adults what to do for quite some time and there are too many that just won't OBEY...Where do YOU stand?

[@blahblah2062]

@@grantkruse1812 Go home Greta and shut up. Science lessons might keep you occupied for the next ten years.

[@elainetoohey1187]

TG&D. Ratcliffe troll

[@percyweasley9301]

TG&D. Ratcliffe She shuts up and we ignore everything. Hope your children will have enough superpowers to protect themselves when time comes.

[@user-th8vq4rk8e]

So I was very curious about the environmental impact of COVID19. As you have argued, the current school is closed and some groups, organizations, corporations, corporate workers, and the majority of employees at work are in a position to take a leave of absence, which, on the one hand, is badly affected and has a bad effect. On the one hand, the crowded streets on the one hand were also crowded, and as the mountain got colder, animals appeared and saw the news of wildlife appearing (happening). As the horror and spread of the Corona2019 virus is still dangerous and disruptive, the likelihood of harm and catastrophe will increase as well as the natural disaster.

[@clashluke1705]

The ultimate combination. Ww3 and climate change

[@bryantrosales6241]

FP_ RANCOR and fortnite

[@1o1beauty]

I can blame my depression on her

[@crowofcainhurst]

Can't wait...

[@laluba3603]

@@1o1beauty Cure it the same way !

[@goblin-teeth]

Most UK students are walking out of school to protest this tomorrow.

[@Denis-zo6qo]

She has learned something by the age of 16 that took me way longer to learn: Facts don't matter.

[@aebniala]

You are meant to be asleep and keep asleep...

[@unwilling1000]

Well said, friend!

[@Chris-yz7cs]

INDEED FACTS ARE NOT IMPORTANT. ORANGE MAN BAD

[@gardnerberry113]

It's what FEELS good that matters.

[@gemeinschaftsgeful]

From your comment here, I see you don't even admit the fact that you've been fact free since childhood. Now that's talent. A lie built upon a lie built upon a lie.

[@faithspangler8679]

What a powerful speech. When talking about hope I agree that change comes with hope. Our generation will not see a bright future if we keep at the pace we are at now. There will be no future if we as a world don’t change our ways. There are many things people can do each day to stimulate change in the community but no one hears about it because politicians and the media don’t care. They should care. Our lives are at stake and at the rate we are going politicians will regret their choices of silencing the global warming crisis.

[@klltsun_2576]

There was a thing in my country about solar powered public transportation, but it was expensive and drivers didnt have enough money for upkeep so it didnt get far. This also made me think about the thing with sugar, how the sugar industry paid scientists to say that sugar has no negative effects on your health and all fault lies on fat, because well, they cant exactly make money if people are using less sugar right? Oil is still being pumped from the ground, lots of money is being made, technically we have solar powered vehicles but also not everyone has enough money to afford it. Not to mention the people making money from oil will be like oh no they will lose part of their money making source of income if people are able to switch to solar/electric powered vehicles. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but the world is unfortunately not black and white. People are stubborn and greedy and the world runs on money. It should be black and white though. If only we all agreed, from the poorest to the richest, to work for our world’s survival. Would’ve been nice..

[@liquidmessage]

She is an absolute legend already!

[@viktorkaunisto5995]

@@futilitariano Alexandra Who?

[@pinkedydrinkedy2212]

kreativkoma she’s not

[@obalaaa]

kreativkoma Legends are dead!

[@GerberdingFamily217]

Legendary crap yes

[@Jag-ws5ue]

16 with middle aged life crisis, I'm nearly middle aged and play fortnite

[@Jag-ws5ue]

@Blackjack Videos Are you kidding Fortnite Season 2 is nearly here!

[@UfoJoe]

you're better off with fortnite mate hahahaha

[@devayanikv5147]

@@UfoJoe seriously questioning your thought capacity

[@sadakopilled]

if i was you i wouldn't be so proud of playing fortnite

[@gazzarover]

Jag 1010 loser.

[@Kingdom-Fighter]

What does a child know? In my whole life the seasons have come and gone at the same time every year. Sea levels haven't risen, the only thing we need to be concerned about is pollution, chemicals and toxins in our food and water supplies. But I doubt they food companies and big pharma are ready to talk about that.

[@user-th8vq4rk8e]

안녕하세요? 저는 남쪽 대한민국에 살고 있어요. 저는 당신을 언론 매체와 미디어를 통해서 알게 된지 몇 년은 된 듯하고 요트를 타고 여러 나라를 돌며 환경보호 운동을 하고 있으며, 최근에는 파업과 같은 휴교라는 학교에서 교육을 받지 않고 '보이컷'처럼 거부하는 활동을 하는 것으로 알고 있어요.

[@wolfsave]

This is easily the most clear and comprehensive climate change talk I've heard. Plus, she deals with our climate deception in a keen way. We must help her.

[@davidbarnett3675]

Listen to Alan Savory then, and his talk on desertification. Now that is hope.

[@shazarahramesar6395]

we must help ourselves because the earth belongs to all of us

[@stsboy]

No.

[@PaulOutdoors]

@Galactus TM Well said.

[@PaulOutdoors]

Sadly Eddie, Greta is a tool, a poster girl being used to change human society using climate alarmism. This has nothing to do with saving the planet. Research Agenda 2030.

[@redsquirrelftw]

I'm 33 and the sad part is I remember being her age and being concerned about pollution and global warming as well and knowing something had to be done or the future would be grim. And here we are, we are at a critical point, and nothing has been done, and nothing is being done, and we are step closer to impeding doom. I do what I can to be green, but even if every single individual does what they can that's only like 2% of world pollution. There is nothing individuals can do. Kudos for her for trying to fight, but nobody can win against corporations and governments who are in bed together and live off burning oil. It's a really sad state of affairs.

[@fairypuke2782]

giving up is a cop out

[@aislinnh7530]

so you just wanna give up? let the world end?

[@Grunchy005]

Nothing is being done? I don't hardly think so. LOTS is being done. Low impact lifestyle doesn't just invent itself immediately. If anyone is really freaked out by the Earth's imminent collapse somehow, relax. Have a look at this: www.livescience.com/17875-destroy-earth-doomsday.html

[@redsquirrelftw]

@@aislinnh7530 What else can I really do? Best thing I can do is live off grid, and that's my end goal, but even then nothing is zero impact. All the supplies such as solar panels have lot of impact on the environment because of the way the world works. And me going off grid is not going to save the planet. Nothing I do can save the planet. I can feel good about myself for lowering my footprint, but that's really all I can do. Humanity and the planet is fucked because the powers that be don't want to do anything, and they're the only ones who can. We need large scale global changes to the way society works. It's the only way we can turn this around.

[@ADCFproductions]

@@redsquirrelftw Don't give up. our world isn't as fragile as some people think. it CAN and WILL regenerate itself. imagine that every single human is gone, the cities are all empty, the emissions and polution etc is all gone. in 50 years or so the world would be fine again. what i mean with this is that as we keep reducing our emissions and footprint and waste, the world will slowly regenerate. Forests will grow, animals will reproduce etc etc etc. So just don't give up, and do the best you can, that's really all we can do. Of course it would help a lot if the greedy bastards that are doing this could help a little instead of thinking only about $ :C shell made $9.17 billion last year alone -_-'

[@user-th8vq4rk8e]

오늘 저는 신문을 읽다가 오존층이 안정화가 되어간다는 기사를 보게 되었어요. 그리고 더 자세한 정보를 찾아보니 [오존 구멍 관측 이래 최소치]라는 발표가 2019년 9월의 위성사진을 통해 연간 최고 크기였던 1982년 이래로 가장 작은 16.4km²이라는 기록이 점차 긍정적으로 오존 파괴 물질이 감소하면서 회복하는 것으로 오존 구멍이 크게 줄어드는 현상이 관측되는 연구 결과가 나왔다지요.

[@simonwilson1211]

As a public speaker in a previous life.. I wish she said " for those of you who are going to do something" Come to the stage and touch my shoulder? .. We need to do!

[@solohere5608]

"There are no grey areas when it comes to survival". Wow this was a great talk by a very smart young lady.

[@bastiliedtk4390]

Paradocx Jordan do you know the Basics of Propaganda?

[@pyrrhus17]

Yeah it's kill or be killed over a make believe crisis.

[@sayfulloshit2293]

She reads from a script written by others.

[@rodkeh]

Words of wisdom from an uneducated twit!

[@m.m9769]

@@bastiliedtk4390 yea we do. That's why we dont listen to what you listen to.

[@davidmarr6232]

Everything has to change and it has to change today - absolutely right.

[@gerainthughes3725]

Not at all.

[@YTTraveler777]

@@gerainthughes3725 Right because they using junk science that doesn't even have agreement in scientific circles to scare us into granting more power to governments. We can see through this BS. Push them on their solutions long enough and it always comes down to Marxism.

[@beehappy7797]

@@YTTraveler777 Obviously you don't understand science.

[@user-qn7hi9nd4t]

有沒有中文字幕版的？

[@uygurtebrik9901]

How do we get the text?

[@buddharatnasahare3061]

She is "16" years old.(As of 2019). And her understanding is better than many of adults.

[@SirKks1]

or, at any rate, her speech writer

[@yharon1064]

@Reunite The British Empire actual 2 iq you have there

[@Camy0218]

Buddharatna Sahare Mind Control😞

[@valval5433]

oh yes climate change still doesn't exist and the the fucking enonomy matters more than our actual future, idgaf even if she read two articles, climate change is real and even if its a hoax she's not gaining anything, ive personally read and researched a lot about climate change from government reports to petty karen blog posts. its real and we're all fucked if we still think humanly disagreements matters more than our fucking existence in the future.

[@sarahkagan4346]

Actually, she is gaining a lot. She has people that tell her what to say, handlers that schedule her actions, and financers that finance her and her family. All of them are Marxists. The problem with people like you is that you pretend to be the only ones to care about the planet and you think that it entitles you to question other people's motives. Well, DC the reason why other people question climate change is because there is no scientific evidence that it is of a magnitude to be dangerous to mankind. And furthmore, the planet is actually getting greener due to CO2 fertilization. So, if you have researched climate change, tell me what the value of climate sensitivity is. Tell me what the meaning of the logarithmic response of global temperature to additional CO2 means. Tell me why the biomass of the earth is increasing. Or do they not discuss those issues when you do your research in the Huffington Post or in Salon or whatever Marxist propaganda source you frequent. www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth

[@jibuthomas116]

I had to skip a Lufthansa ad before watching this video.

[@annadlondon]

And?

[@bullmoosevelt4495]

HA

[@RandomGuyyy]

It's a TED talk, plenty of the activists are frequent flyers

[@badgerfishinski6857]

lol. The irony

[@persephone6896]

Thé amount Of dislikes demonstrate the % of people who still get affected by the way a person sounds rather than the message. Style over content

[@overgrowthplanet7531]

Because she is not prvoiding or offering any solutions she is just famous for complaining

[@nakulraichur2640]

Lmao she says how can we expect India to care. We are the only ones who met the emission conditions of the Paris agreement

[@klokoloko2114]

India is cool, your total historical CO2 emissions is only 5% of whole world and USA is 25% and EU 22%, China is 12%.

[@xNujeL]

She reminds me of Severn Suzuki so much. 20 years since her speech and not much has changed. Maybe it will be different this time around.

[@beehappy7797]

20 years ago very few had internet. In addition we've seen more extreme weather last years. I think it's a huge different this time. This is a world wide revolution.

[@rumble1925]

​@@beehappy7797 The public has known about this for 20-30 years now, the time for action is honestly gone.

[@paulaway3623]

Great speach! to all the commenters and applauders: dont just say "Yeah, she`s so right". Do smth. become a vegetarian, take the bike instead of the car, use trains instead of planes (as greta does), use less plastic. thanks :)

[@lorah3005]

Do not become vegetarian, but become vegan!

[@aabracadavra]

@@lorah3005 Exactly so.

[@NoxBellatricis]

@@lorah3005 Going vegetarian is still a better step than simply continuing to eat all animal products...

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

I'm doing all of those things. Just for the record, I'm almost totally vegan (for multiple reasons), being largely vegetarian for 29 years; haven't owned a car in over 6 years; have driven maybe 3000 miles in those years; rarely use a disposable shopping bag; and, in fact, haven't been on a plane in almost 22 years. But that's not all that's needed. You need to INFORM YOURSELF. And you need to think about what you see in the media, and discuss it with others-including IRL, which BTW is TTTT where I could do better. This is extremely important. Why? Because there are those who are pushing solutions to our climate problems which are very dangerous, and sometimes frankly just delusional. Those bad ideas exist on BOTH ENDS of the spectrum of discussion (and even in the middle). They must be challenged. This is every bit as important as our individual actions, because the wrong kind of big project could easily undo all the good that individuals accomplish.

[@lorah3005]

@@NoxBellatricis Being vegetarian is not a better step, but it can be a less worse step (by using the word better you are suggesting that eating all animal products is good). Veganism is not only about the environment, but also about animal suffering. Strictly speaking there is more suffering in a certain amount of dairy calories then in the same amount of meat calories. The dairy industry is among the cruellest on earth. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5SxaIZ9fNR2hKs

[@mangokane11]

Fossil? Fuels..... so limited fuel huh? " there's a ground. There's a ground!..... HEY! THERE'S NO GROUND!"

[@stephendixon1467]

4:58 countries need to act with 6-12 years... we're 5 years in now