Greta Thumberg is not just a simple
teenager. This 17-year-old girl from Sweden, is fighting to defend the
planet from man's disastrous impact on the climate.
On 20 August 2018, she
started to skip school and strike sitting outside Sweden’s parliament building, the
Riksdag, in Stockholm.
Her strength and conviction made it possible
that she was immediately followed by other teenagers in her protest. And her followers
have been increasing all over the world day by day !
In the meantime, since her first
appearance at the Swedish parliament, many things have changed. A movement in
the fight against climate change has spread across the world very quickly and
has found support from both young people and global political forces. This
international movement, known as #FridaysForFuture, includes over 1.2 million students in over
112 countries. Periodically they organize demonstrations which take thousands of people to the streets,
both adults and children, who protest against governments' lack of action in
tackling the climate crisis.
Greta Thumberg's fame and importance have
grown over time, but she has also received criticism from the most sceptical
politicians who accuse her of not really knowing what she says. Nonetheless
criticism has not scratched her and Greta has continued to pursue her goal. The
young Swedish activist has managed to get her message across to the leading
exponents of world governments.
Last September all of us listened to her powerful speech at the United
Nations during the Climate Action Summit, where she expressed all her anger and
willpower. She told governments that “you
are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us. But the
young people are starting to understand your betrayal.”
Despite her young age she has managed to make a big impact on people's lives and so far she has had the chance to meet some of the greatest people of our era in order to talk about climate action,
such as former President Barack Obama.
The image of Greta Thunberg has now
become very popular all over the world and for this reason aerosol artist
Jody Thomas has recently painted her portrait in a gigantic new street art mural in his home city of Bristol, southwest England.
Therefore, we must remember that, as Greta says, we don't have much time left and the catastrophic effects of climate
change have already bugun to show up.
Valerio Zaccaria, 4^C Linguistico
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