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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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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what we women want today – and every day- is fundamental equal rights, not congratulations or celebrations.
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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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The changes needed to safeguard future living conditions for all species won’t come from governments or businesses. It will come from best available science and public opinion. So its unto us. Spread the science.
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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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We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.
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Inequality and climate injustice is already the heart of the climate crisis.
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In this election, you vote for the future living conditions of mankind.
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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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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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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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But the real hope comes from the people. And it all starts with awareness.
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The real power belongs to the people.
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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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Well, I am telling you there is hope. I have seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes from the people.
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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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Our relationship with nature is broken. But relationships can change. When we protect nature – we are nature protecting itself.
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I think weakness, in a way, can be also needed because we don’t have to be the loudest, we don’t have to take up the most amount of space, and we don’t have to earn the most money… We need to care about each other more.
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In 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.
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The fight for a future doesn’t end here – this is just the beginning.
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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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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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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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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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All we have to do is to wake up and change.
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