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We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

- Greta Thunburg
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Greta Thunburg
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The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

At first when I heard about climate change, I was a climate denier. I didn't think it was happening. Because if there really was an existential crisis like that, that would threaten our civilisation, we wouldn't be focusing on anything else. That would be our first priority. So I didn't understand how that added up.

The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

At first when I heard about climate change, I was a climate denier. I didn't think it was happening. Because if there really was an existential crisis like that, that would threaten our civilisation, we wouldn't be focusing on anything else. That would be our first priority. So I didn't understand how that added up.

I see the world in black and white, and I don't like compromising.

Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.

People tell me that they are so hopeful when they see me and other children 'school-striking,' and they say, 'Oh the children are going to save us.' But no, we aren't. We are too young to be able to do that. We don't have time to wait for us to grow up and fix this in the future.

Sometimes it's Tune-berg, sometimes Thunn-berg. I mean, I think it's funny that everyone pronounces it differently. So, that is just - I don't mind anyone pronouncing it wrong. There's no wrong way to pronounce it. Everyone pronounces it in their own way.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, 'What should I do?' And I say: 'Act. Do something.' Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

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We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.