Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it.
GRETA THUNBERGIn case you’re still wondering why there’s no real change in sight… We can’t solve a crisis unless we treat it like a crisis.
More Greta Thunberg Quotes
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This climate law is surrender – because nature doesn’t bargain and you cannot make ”deals” with physics. And we will not allow you to surrender on our future.
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The real power belongs to the people.
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I wonder, what will you tell your children was the reason to fail and leave them facing the climate chaos you knowingly brought upon them?
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My generation, and those coming after, are the future. We deserve to be fought for. We deserve climate justice, social justice and equity.
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Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.
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what we women want today – and every day- is fundamental equal rights, not congratulations or celebrations.
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In this election, you vote for the future living conditions of mankind.
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We can’t call for climate justice while advocating for policies and phase-out-dates based on targets that exclude aspect of equity and historic emissions.
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We don’t want these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now – as in right now.
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Our relationship with nature is broken. But relationships can change. When we protect nature – we are nature protecting itself.
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People keep doing what they do because the vast majority doesn’t have a clue about the consequences of our everyday life. And they don’t know the rapid changes required.
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Sometimes NOT doing things – like just sitting down outside the parliament – speaks much louder than doing things. Just like a whisper sometimes is louder than shouting.
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There are no climate leaders. The only ones who can change this are you and me. All of us, together.
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Humans are part of nature, and if we are not doing well, then nature is not doing well, because we are nature.
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You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future.
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We have not come here to beg world leaders to care. You have ignored us in the past and you will ignore us again. You’ve run out of excuses and we’re running out of time. We’ve come here to let you know that change is coming whether you like it or not.
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The eyes of future generations are upon you. No more excuses.
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And in a world where everyone strives to act, think and look the same – being different is truly something to be proud of. that’s why I’m very proud to be austistic.
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To protect, restore and rewild the living world is probably the most effective solution we have at hand to fight both the climate- and ecological emergencies.
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We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things. Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
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That we live in a post-truth society today, and that we don’t care, that we have lost empathy. We have stopped caring for each other in a way. We have stopped thinking long-term and sustainable. And that’s something that goes much deeper than just climate crisis deniers.
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The time has come to voice our fears and be honest with wider society.
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We understand that the world is very complex and that change doesn’t happen overnight. But you’ve now had more than three decades of blah blah blah. How many more do you need?
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I think in many ways that we autistic are the normal ones and the rest of the people are pretty strange.
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Regrowth takes time the world does not have to solve climate change
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This fight hasn’t yet been won. So save your celebrations and congratulations and support women on the frontlines of society worldwide.
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