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GRETA THUNBERG:
I think that
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actually everything I've experienced
over these last few months...
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is like being in a dream...
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...or in a movie.
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But a very bad movie,
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because that movie would be
very unrealistic.
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MAN 1:
It's fashionable these days to blame
everything on global warming.
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Particularly on
man‐made global warming.
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But I'm afraid the evidence
doesn't point in that direction.
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MAN 2:
A little bit of warming would not be
a bad thing for myself,
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being a Canadian
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and the people in Russia
wouldn't mind a little‐‐
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a couple of degrees warmer either.
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MAN 3:
All of this with the global warming,
a lot of it's a hoax.
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It's a hoax, I mean, it's a money‐making
industry, okay. It's a hoax.
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MAN 4:
The whole "climate crisis"
as they call it,
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is not only fake news, it's fake science.
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There is no climate crisis.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
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MAN 5:
How much warming will you get if you,
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let us say, double the CO2 in the air?
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The answer is,
you don't get very much.
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MAN 6:
The problem is not global warming.
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The problem is that we
keep hearing one‐sided arguments.
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MAN 7:
Carbon dioxide is actually
a benefit to the environment,
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to agriculture and forestry,
and to the climate of the earth.
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MAN 8:
There are some people
who are so arrogant to think
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that they are so powerful,
they can change climate.
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Man can't change climate.
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GRETA:
Adults always say one thing
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and then do something
completely different.
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They say that we only have one planet,
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and we should take care of it.
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And yet no one gives a damn
about the climate crisis.
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My name is Greta Thunberg,
and I am 15 years old.
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I am on a school strike for the climate
in front of the Parliament,
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until the election day.
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GRETA:
Many have heard about climate change
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and know vaguely what it means
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with rising sea levels,
increased average temperatures,
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and so on.
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But no one seems to
fully understand the consequences.
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That we are right now
living as if we had several Earths.
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Sometimes it feels like we
who have Asperger's or autism
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are the only ones
who see through the noise.
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I am protesting about the climate crisis
because it's such an important issue.
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What we are doing now,
future generations can't change.
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And no one is doing anything,
nothing is happening.
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So I must do what I can.
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WOMAN:
What did you think when you first
heard her talking
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about the idea to start protesting?
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SVANTE:
I told her if she would do that,
I would not support it.
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So she made a very long list of facts
that she's been handing out to people.
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And, uh, she knows
the climate issue, I would say
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better than 97% of all the politicians,
probably in the world.
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She has almost a photographic memory
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when it comes
to things she's interested in.
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So she can read books and almost
remember everything that's in there.
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WOMAN:
Did you expect something like that?
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SVANTE:
[chuckles] I didn't expect anything.
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I just wanted her to be happy.
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And I'm very sure that
she didn't expect anything either.
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I mean, she just‐‐
she felt she had to do something
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and she had to do it
completely on her own.
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[indistinct chatter]
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GRETA:
I don't like making small talk with people
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or socializing.
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Sometimes, I go quiet
and can stay so for hours
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only because I simply can't talk.
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I like to have routines,
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and I notice details.
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And once I really get
interested in something,
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I can get, like, laser focused on it
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and keep doing it for hours,
without getting bored.
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We saw a film in school.
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There were
starving polar bears, floodings,
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hurricanes and droughts.
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And the scientists said that
we didn't have much time left
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to change our behavior.
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That was when
I started getting depressed.
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And got anxiety.
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And stopped eating and stopped talking.
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I was sick.
I almost starved to death.
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It took many years
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but slowly
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I started to feel better.
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I felt that,
why should I give up
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when there were so many different things
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you could do to make a difference?
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"I love seeing someone
who doesn't just complain.
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"But gets out and does
something about it.
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You inspire me."
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GRETA:
My name is Greta Thunberg
and I am 15 years old.
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And we have had school strikes
for the climate for three weeks.
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But we will go on with
the school strike every Friday.
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As from now, we will sit
outside the Swedish Parliament
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until Sweden is in line
with the Paris Agreement.
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Everyone is welcome.
Everyone is needed.
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Please join in.
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[phone disconnects]
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GRETA:
Once the climate crisis
has gotten your attention,
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you can't look away.
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Once you fully understand
the magnitude of the problem,
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then you can't erase it.
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[indistinct chatter]
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GRETA: I started turning off lights
and pulling out cords at home.
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My parents got very surprised
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and they wondered
why I did like that.
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And I explained, to save energy.
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GRETA: My family lived a very
high‐consuming lifestyle.
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We bought lots of things,
we ate meat.
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GRETA:
We drove a petrol car,
we flew all over the world.
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Mom and Dad were
just like everyone else.
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They didn't understand
how bad things were.
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GRETA: They said that
everything would be fine.
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"There are lots of things being done.
You don't need to worry."
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But that was exactly
what made me so afraid.
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That people seemed to think
that we were making progress.
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[both laughing]
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GRETA: For many years,
people, especially children
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were very unkind
or mean to me.
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I didn't get invited
to parties or celebrations.
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I was always left out.
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So I spent most of my time
being with my family, and my dogs.
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[loud laughter]
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MAN 1:
Time is against us as UN climate talks
begin in Poland
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and is being attended by around
40 heads of state and government.
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MAN 2:
The ambition for the coming days
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is to try to put flesh on the bones
of the Paris Agreement.
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That was the deal agreed three years ago
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in which countries said
they would cut their greenhouse gases.
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MAN 3:
Basically, the time is very, very
short to make major changes.
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Emissions have to essentially
halve over the next 12 years
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otherwise the impacts could be
catastrophic for the entire world.
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[indistinct chatter]
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GRETA:
"The responsibility is yours, but since...
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all of our leaders
are behaving like children..."
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The...
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"The children will
have to take responsibility.
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"We will take
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responsibility for their actions."
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"They have ignored us in the past
and they will ignore us this time."
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[feet tapping]
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[indistinct chatter]
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‐ Just one question, please.
‐ This is a meeting that can not fail.
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‐ Thank you, Sir.
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GIRL: Greta! How are you?
‐ I am good.
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GIRL: Are you nervous? Don't be.
‐ No.
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‐ Greta, before we start this session,
let's take our selfie.
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‐ So nice to meet you.
You lovely girl.
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MAN:
I can join you?
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‐ Photobombing a 15‐year‐old.
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‐ She has to be ready, okay. Please.
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WOMAN:
Hi, how are you?
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MAN:
I have to remind all of us
that we have very little time.
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Please, Greta, you have the floor.
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‐ For 25 years, countless people
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have stood in front of the
United Nations Climate Conferences
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asking our nations' leaders
to stop the emissions.
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But clearly, this has not worked,
since the emissions just continue to rise.
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So I will not ask them anything.
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Instead, I will ask the people
around the world
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to realize that our
political leaders have failed us.
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Because we are
facing an existential threat.
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And there's no time to
continue down this road of madness.
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We have come here to
let them know that change is coming
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whether they like it or not.
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The people will
rise to the challenge.
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And since our leaders
are behaving like children,
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we will have to take the responsibility
they should have taken long ago.
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WOMAN: Maybe thumbs up?
ALL: Thumbs up!
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MAN:
I would like to give the floor
to Miss Greta Thunberg.
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Miss Thunberg, you have the floor.
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‐ My name is Greta Thunberg.
I am 15 years old and I am from Sweden.
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You only speak of
green eternal economic growth
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because you are
too scared of being unpopular.
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You only talk about moving forward
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with the same bad ideas
that got us into this mess.
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But I don't care
about being popular.
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I care about climate justice
and a living planet.
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[applause]
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Thank you.
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REPORTER:
You're very young, 15 years old.
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Is climate change an issue
that even children,
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like yourself,
should be concerned about?
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How can we spread
awareness among children?
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‐ Yes, of course.
Climate change affects mostly children.
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‐ Sorry, sorry, it's Deutsche Welle
and Reuters.
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But, Deutsche Welle, wait.
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GRETA: I have stopped flying,
stopped eating meat and dairy,
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and stopped buying
new things, and... yes.
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Just small changes.
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‐ May I get a selfie?
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I have a 16‐year‐old daughter in America.
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Actually in Canada now,
we live in Canada.
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She's quite the activist too.
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Anyway, proud of you!
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‐ A 15‐year‐old environmental activist
from Sweden is scolding world leaders
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on what she says is their
failure to address climate change.
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MAN:
So her name is Greta Thunberg.
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She comes up on stage, she's not
particularly dressed in any special way.
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And she speaks
and her words are devastating.
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‐ I can't just sit there and watch her
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do all this for
the environment and do nothing.
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‐ We stand with you, and on Friday,
I will stand next to you. Stay strong!
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GIRL: Fridays for future!
ALL: Future, future!
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GIRL: Fridays for future!
ALL: Future, future!
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GIRL: Fridays for future!
ALL: Future, future!
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GIRL:
We are the children here, speaking up.
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And our future is being
destroyed by the minute.
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REPORTER 1:
Thousands of people in Brisbane
and thousands more across the country
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are taking to the street
with passion and posters...
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REPORTER 2:
They say they're taking back the streets
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to send a message
that the climate crisis is real.
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They will not rest until
bold action is taken to address it.
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‐ It's all for her, for the movement,
for the climate.
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She started this and I just
wanted to help her a little bit.
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ALL CHANTING:
Stop the pollution! Stop the pollution!
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REPORTER 3:
It's a real movement that's growing.
It's growing every week.
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These students aren't backing down.
They plan to keep striking until...
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‐ My Lords, I do not accept
that taking time off school
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in the middle of term
is useful for children.
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‐ Kids should go to school!
And less activism in school!
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‐ If it were about science,
it would be led by scientists,
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rather than by politicians
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and a mentally ill Swedish child
who is being exploited by her parents
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and by the international left.
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GIRL:
If you listen to the speeches
that our politicians give us,
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it seems like they've never
even heard of a climate crisis.
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Because they are
not treating it like a crisis.
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[protesters chanting on video]
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ALL: Hi!
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GIRL: It's so nice to meet you, Greta.
‐ You too.
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GIRL: So, so, we've done some
strikes here in Belgium.
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‐Yeah, I know.
GIRL: With you as our big inspiration.
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We hit 35,000 last week.
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‐ I know.
That's amazing. I saw pictures
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and it was just crowds full
of people, and it was amazing.
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GIRL:
Yeah, it's amazing.
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And everybody has placards
that say, "Greta for President"
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and everybody's shouting your name.
You're a real hero here.
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So for us it would be really,
really nice to get to know you.
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‐ Yeah. You too.
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[laughter]
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♪
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It feels almost indescribable
that something is finally happening.
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That there are many who care about
the same things as I do.
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GRETA:
It feels like I'll just wake up one day
and find out this wasn't for real.
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♪
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[serving trolley rattles]
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‐ Do you want some tea? Some...
‐ No, I have water.
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[indistinct chatter]
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‐ Hi, Greta.
‐ Hello.
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‐ Nice to meet you.
‐ You too.
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‐ Thank you so much.
‐ We shall sit down.
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Thank you so
much for coming, Greta.
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Honestly, we would have
never started this if you wouldn't have.
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And I would have never
had the courage you showed.
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‐ It's not that I should take the focus,
because that's what's so good
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about this movement,
that everyone is equally contributing.
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‐ No, no, that's right, but everybody's
doing great jobs locally in every country.
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But you're, like,
that girl that started it all, you know?
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GIRL:
I think we needed this
kind of story that you told.
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Like a story of, like,
everyone can make a difference.
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And that we as young people
can change something.
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And we needed the story
to tell to other people and they saw it.
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Yeah, it's really nice.
‐ Together we can make a difference.
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There have now been strikes
on every continent except Antarctica.
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I think that it's
amazing that it's not just in...
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Western Europe. It's everywhere.
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[protesters chanting]
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‐ What do we want?
‐ Climate justice!
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‐ When do we want it?
‐ Now!
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[cheering]
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MAN 1:
I'm impressed by the political oomph
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that this movement seems to have got.
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Climate change has
never been on the headlines like this
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for as long as I can remember.
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MAN 2:
It's really making people understand
that this needs to be tackled now.
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It is the most pressing
political issue of our time.
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MAN 3:
Society is like an amoeba,
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it moves from the margins,
not from the center.
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If the young people can sustain this,
this actually could change the world.
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EMCEE:
Are you ready to meet Greta?
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Make some noise!
[crowd cheering]
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‐ This is incredible.
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[crowd cheering]
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For way too long,
the people in power
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have gotten away with not
caring about the climate crisis.
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But we will make sure
they will not do that any more.
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We will be a pain in the ass, we will
keep on striking until they do something.
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WOMAN:
Everybody, raise your hands!
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♪ Buddy, you're a boy,
make a big noise ♪
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♪ Playing in the street
Gonna be a big man someday ♪
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♪ You got mud on your face
You big disgrace ♪
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♪ Kicking your can
All over the place, singin' ♪
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♪ We will, we will rock you ♪
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[song fades]
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‐ Hi, how are you?
‐ I'm good. You?
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‐ Nice meeting you.
‐ Nice meeting you too.
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It's an honor to meet you.
Thank you for inviting me.
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‐ You are welcome.
We are very happy to have you here.
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What I want to discuss with you is
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how you see the situation and on
which topic do you want us to focus?
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And what are your main
concerns and expectations?
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‐ I think we are in a time now
where more and more people
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are becoming aware of what is going on.
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And I think we have
reached a tipping point.
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That people will‐‐
will demand things.
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And will realize where we are at.
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And I think that you have a great
opportunity to take that chance and to act
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and to become a figure of this.
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And also, I think it's
very important that we...
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In the rich countries,
we need to lead and to act more.
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Obviously, because
the people in poorer countries
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need to have a chance to
heighten their standard of living.
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So, you are in a rush,
so you should probably get going.
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‐ Thank you very much. Thank you.
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How do you manage
everything for school and so on?
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‐ I... my school is
actually very helpful.
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They support me and I do homework
at home and I catch up with them.
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I‐I work hard.
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‐ Wow. And you travel a lot?
‐ Yeah. Sometimes. Yeah.
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‐ By train.
‐ Yeah. Yeah.
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‐ Wow. And you
read a lot on the climate?
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‐ Yeah, I do, yeah. A lot. I'm a nerd.
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[laughing]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[applause]
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‐ My name is Greta Thunberg.
I am a climate activist from Sweden.
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People always tell us
that they are so hopeful.
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They are hopeful that the young people
are going to save the world.
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But we are not.
There is simply not enough time
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to wait for us to grow up
and become the ones in charge.
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Because by the year 2020, we need to have
bent the emissions curve steeply downward.
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That is next year.
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We have started
to clean up your mess.
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And we will not stop
until we are done. Thank you.
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[applause]
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WOMAN:
And now I have the pleasure and privilege
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of giving the floor
to Jean‐Claude Juncker.
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TRANSLATOR [on headphones]:
Now I'm going to really focus
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on what's happening here today.
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I change things...
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while trying to
regulate smaller things.
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Now, in terms of flushes,
they said that
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we need to harmonize all flushes
across all toilets in Europe.
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Well, it could be useful because we would
save a very large amount of energy, but...
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[Juncker continues in French]
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GRETA:
I honestly don't understand
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why I even get invited.
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It feels like all they
want is to be spotlighted
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to make it look like they care,
as if they were doing something.
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[applause]
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They know what to say,
they know what sells.
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But in fact,
they're doing basically nothing.
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If the solution to the climate crisis was
about changing tea bags for loose‐leaf tea
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and eating vegetarian once a week,
then it wouldn't be a crisis.
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And we wouldn't even have a problem.
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REPORTER:
Have you heard any politicians
seem to understand the urgency?
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Today, President Juncker's
speech did not seem to respond to...
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You laid out even science facts
and he didn't even respond to those.
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‐ No. I mean, um,
most people like that I talk to
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don't really respond, they don't
come with any concrete promises.
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They only say that we are trying,
but that's not enough.
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♪
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MAN 1:
If we don't act now,
the world will get so hot
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millions of people
will lose their homes
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and more than 10% of the world's insects,
plants and animals will die.
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WOMAN 1:
Japan is experiencing
a record‐breaking heat wave
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which officials say contributed
to the death of 65 people last week...
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MAN 2:
The impact on sensitive ecosystems
and the Arctic
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will shift from high
to very high risk...
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WOMAN 2:
Sixty‐three fires are burning in 13 states
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and with dangerous heat coming,
the situation will only get worse...
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MAN 3:
Now is the time to stop this.
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We don't have another decade to wait.
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[indistinct chatter]
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WOMAN:
Greta, I have just one question for you.
How does it feel?
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GRETA:
I don't know.
It's very overwhelming.
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WOMAN:
Because they're here for you.
It's all because you started it.
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GRETA:
No, they're here for themselves.
And for everyone.
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[indistinct chatter]
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‐ Greta, I think they love you
too much.
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[chatter continues]
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‐ Please, you're my hero.
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‐ Thank you.
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[indistinct chatter]
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‐ Are you not hungry?
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‐ I don't care. No.
‐ You don't care?
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Do you want to go elsewhere?
‐ No, I want to sit here and not eat.
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‐ Okay.
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[typing]
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GRETA: Today, we use
100 million barrels of oil every day.
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There are no
politics to change that.
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There are no rules
to keep that oil in the ground.
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But if being carbon‐neutral
does not include transportation,
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shopping, food,
aviation and shipping
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then it doesn't
really mean that much.
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[crowd cheering]
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Some would say we are wasting lesson time.
We say we are changing the world.
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So that when we are older,
we will be able to look back
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and say that we
did everything we could.
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And we will continue to do so.
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We will continue to fight
for our future and for the living planet.
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We need to start
treating the crisis as a crisis.
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And we also need to communicate
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in a way that we connect
all these environmental disasters.
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Like everything from
acidification of the oceans, deforestation
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to the fact that we are in
the sixth mass extinction right now.
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We need to make sure the people
can connect these dots.
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‐ Yeah. Absolutely. Connecting the dots,
that's a very good point.
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‐ Hi, Greta, it's a pleasure to meet you.
‐ You too.
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I wish you well and continue to campaign.
Just do what you believe is right.
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‐ Greta, can I have a selfie?
Is that okay?
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There we go. One, two, three!
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♪
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GRETA:
Everyone says,
"It's so lovely that you are here,"
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and, "We promise to improve."
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But they never do.
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When I'm in these fancy environments,
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all these palaces or castles,
or whatever it is,
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I feel very uncomfortable.
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It feels like everyone is in
this role‐playing game
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and just pretending.
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It feels kind of fake.
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Sometimes it feels like
it doesn't even matter
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how many of us go on strike.
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What matters is that
the emissions have to be reduced.
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And it has to start happen.
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[crowd cheering and applauding]
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[Greta and Svante laughing]
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[laughter continues]
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00:57:46,821 --> 00:57:49,141
‐ Let's be honest, a lot of people
find her very annoying.
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And they find her very hyperbolic
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and very hysterical
and very over‐emotional.
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‐ Greta. You know Greta?
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[audience laughing and booing]
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‐ She's not the messiah.
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She's just a depressed
and extremely anxious girl.
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And a very unhappy one.
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Asperger's is very rarely an advantage.
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In this case, it's actually a weakness.
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MAN: [on video]
She's a kid. She talks nonsense.
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She tells the climate alarmists
exactly what they want to hear.
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You selfish, badly educated,
virtue‐signaling little turds.
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Wake up, grow up, and shut up.
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Until you're sure of the facts
before protesting.
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♪
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[indistinct announcement on PA]
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GRETA:
My parents... I can tell
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that they are very worried,
and scared.
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01:01:01,701 --> 01:01:07,101
We've received several letters home
that contain death threats.
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01:01:10,301 --> 01:01:13,981
They're saying that
I should avoid going out.
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01:01:16,381 --> 01:01:19,101
But I am honestly not that scared.
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Because I am more worried
what would happen if I didn't do this.
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‐ You're okay with
everything that's happening?
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GRETA:
Yeah. But I can't really plan my future.
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Like, I want to study that,
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01:01:40,901 --> 01:01:44,301
and then I want to work there,
and I want to get married.
475
01:01:44,301 --> 01:01:46,821
I‐I, I can't do‐‐
476
01:01:46,821 --> 01:01:51,581
I can't even plan what I want to do this
weekend because someone calls and says,
477
01:01:51,581 --> 01:01:54,821
"Oh, we have an emergency meeting,"
and I have to go there.
478
01:01:54,821 --> 01:02:00,861
I mean, we don't
want to, like, burn out.
479
01:02:01,461 --> 01:02:03,941
If you understand, like...
480
01:02:03,941 --> 01:02:08,741
You don't have any energy left to
do something, you have used up your...
481
01:02:08,741 --> 01:02:13,101
‐ Yeah, I know what you mean.
I totally know what you mean.
482
01:02:13,101 --> 01:02:18,421
That's totally true. I think you should
especially be really careful for that.
483
01:02:18,421 --> 01:02:22,981
‐ Yeah, we all should. We just have
to continue saying the same thing
484
01:02:22,981 --> 01:02:26,821
over and over again until people get it.
485
01:02:26,821 --> 01:02:30,341
‐ Yeah.
‐ Because if... yeah.
486
01:02:32,661 --> 01:02:34,301
‐ Then we do that.
487
01:02:34,861 --> 01:02:37,581
‐ So the whole area was forest.
488
01:02:37,581 --> 01:02:41,101
It was this ancient,
thousands of years old forest.
489
01:02:41,101 --> 01:02:45,301
And 90% of it was
lost to the coal mine.
490
01:02:45,301 --> 01:02:49,221
There, on the horizon...
‐ Is the remaining ten percent.
491
01:02:49,221 --> 01:02:52,621
‐ Yeah. This is our Hambach forest.
492
01:02:52,621 --> 01:02:55,461
‐ It is very important because
this is such an important place,
493
01:02:55,461 --> 01:02:57,821
such a symbolic place.
494
01:02:57,821 --> 01:03:00,941
The Hambach forest is very threatened.
495
01:03:00,941 --> 01:03:04,541
And I felt like I wanted
to come here to visit that.
496
01:03:04,541 --> 01:03:10,581
And also to gain media attention
so that the media would focus on it.
497
01:03:14,221 --> 01:03:18,941
Humanity sees nature
as this giant bag of candy.
498
01:03:21,021 --> 01:03:23,941
That we can just
take as much as we want.
499
01:03:27,701 --> 01:03:32,381
So one day, nature will
probably strike back in some way.
500
01:03:35,661 --> 01:03:38,181
I don't know exactly how.
501
01:03:39,141 --> 01:03:42,621
But there's everything
from heat waves to diseases,
502
01:03:42,621 --> 01:03:46,581
or water shortages,
which might become problems in the future.
503
01:03:48,421 --> 01:03:51,501
And in that context, we're kind of small.
504
01:03:52,301 --> 01:03:54,941
REPORTER: [on TV]
The Amazon basin is
burning at a record rate.
505
01:03:54,941 --> 01:03:59,821
More than 72,000 fires have
scorched the country this year,
506
01:03:59,821 --> 01:04:04,941
an over 80% increase
compared to the same period in 2018.
507
01:04:04,941 --> 01:04:09,581
Flames destroying one‐and‐a‐half football
fields of rainforest every minute.
508
01:04:09,581 --> 01:04:12,741
Smoke spreading
across nearly half of Brazil
509
01:04:12,741 --> 01:04:15,741
visible from space
more than a week ago.
510
01:04:15,741 --> 01:04:17,821
Often called
"the lungs of the earth,"
511
01:04:17,821 --> 01:04:21,661
the rainforest supplies
20% of the world's oxygen.
512
01:04:21,661 --> 01:04:26,421
If it burns to a point of no return,
it could turn into a dry savannah
513
01:04:26,421 --> 01:04:30,821
plunging the planet ever deeper
into a climate change crisis.
514
01:04:36,901 --> 01:04:41,781
‐ I'm a Member of Parliament,
and I have a report I'd like to hand over.
515
01:04:48,541 --> 01:04:50,861
‐ Smile for the cameras.
516
01:04:50,861 --> 01:04:53,941
[applause]
517
01:04:53,941 --> 01:04:58,141
Thank you very much.
‐ My name is Greta Thunberg.
518
01:04:58,141 --> 01:05:02,661
I come from Sweden,
and I want you to panic.
519
01:05:02,661 --> 01:05:06,661
I want you to act as if
the house was on fire.
520
01:05:06,661 --> 01:05:10,141
I have said those words before.
521
01:05:10,141 --> 01:05:14,821
And a lot of people have
explained why that is a bad idea.
522
01:05:14,821 --> 01:05:18,421
And it's okay if you
refuse to listen to me.
523
01:05:18,421 --> 01:05:23,221
I am, after all, just
a 16‐year‐old schoolgirl from Sweden.
524
01:05:23,221 --> 01:05:25,621
But you cannot ignore the science.
525
01:05:27,901 --> 01:05:31,421
We are in the midst of
the sixth mass extinction.
526
01:05:33,781 --> 01:05:36,501
Erosion...
527
01:05:36,501 --> 01:05:40,661
[voice breaking]
of fertile topsoil, defo...
528
01:05:42,261 --> 01:05:48,221
Deforestation of our
great forests, toxic air pollution.
529
01:05:48,221 --> 01:05:51,981
The loss of insects and wildlife.
530
01:05:51,981 --> 01:05:55,421
The acidification of our oceans.
531
01:05:55,421 --> 01:06:01,461
These are all disastrous trends
being accelerated by a way of life that we
532
01:06:01,461 --> 01:06:04,821
here in our financially
fortunate part of the world
533
01:06:04,821 --> 01:06:07,781
see as our right
to simply carry on.
534
01:06:07,781 --> 01:06:10,661
[applause]
535
01:06:30,541 --> 01:06:33,221
REPORTER:
Then you went to
the Strasbourg Parliament,
536
01:06:33,221 --> 01:06:37,901
and I saw you, during your speech, crying.
537
01:06:37,901 --> 01:06:43,381
What made you cry?
‐ I talked about animals going extinct.
538
01:06:43,381 --> 01:06:48,621
Erosion, deforestation, acidification,
things like that, which is...
539
01:06:48,621 --> 01:06:53,021
I mean... It's hard to take in, but...
540
01:06:53,021 --> 01:06:56,781
And I talk about that
all the time, and once...
541
01:06:56,781 --> 01:07:01,661
I have to get emotional once,
it's only reasonable.
542
01:07:02,821 --> 01:07:07,661
‐ You suffer of Asperger's Syndrome.
Is this true?
543
01:07:07,661 --> 01:07:11,141
‐ Yeah. Maybe I wouldn't say
"suffer from," but I have it.
544
01:07:11,141 --> 01:07:13,061
‐ You have it, okay.
‐ Yeah.
545
01:07:13,901 --> 01:07:17,781
‐ Listen, Greta, in Italy,
we have talked a lot about you.
546
01:07:17,781 --> 01:07:23,461
And some people
describe you like a radical baby.
547
01:07:23,461 --> 01:07:27,661
You know, that... [voice fades]
548
01:07:27,661 --> 01:07:29,661
♪
549
01:07:42,781 --> 01:07:47,581
GRETA: Sometimes,
when they just sit and talk...
550
01:07:48,941 --> 01:07:54,981
I wonder to myself, "What would happen
if I just stood up and screamed here?"
551
01:07:58,141 --> 01:08:03,181
It feels like I'm speaking
a completely different language.
552
01:08:03,181 --> 01:08:07,021
Or as if the microphone isn't really on.
553
01:08:07,021 --> 01:08:10,101
MAN:
...of all colleagues across the House
to welcome Greta Thunberg
554
01:08:10,101 --> 01:08:15,381
who is with us today, an enthusiastic
and dedicated environmental campaigner.
555
01:08:15,381 --> 01:08:20,461
[applause]
556
01:08:20,461 --> 01:08:23,941
GRETA:
Is the microphone on?
557
01:08:23,941 --> 01:08:26,901
Is the microphone really on?
[crowd exclaiming]
558
01:08:26,901 --> 01:08:29,821
Is my English okay?
ALL: Yes!
559
01:08:29,821 --> 01:08:32,381
GRETA:
Because I'm beginning to wonder.
560
01:08:32,381 --> 01:08:34,261
[crowd laughing]
561
01:08:34,261 --> 01:08:39,061
GRETA:
You lied to us. You gave us false hope.
562
01:08:39,061 --> 01:08:42,821
You told us that the future
was something to look forward to.
563
01:08:45,501 --> 01:08:48,741
During the last six months,
I've traveled around Europe
564
01:08:48,741 --> 01:08:52,461
for hundreds of hours on trains,
electric cars and buses
565
01:08:52,461 --> 01:08:57,701
repeating these
life‐changing words over and over again.
566
01:08:57,701 --> 01:09:02,421
But no one seems to be talking
about it and nothing has changed.
567
01:09:02,421 --> 01:09:07,421
Despite all the beautiful words
and promises, emissions are still rising.
568
01:09:09,821 --> 01:09:13,261
We have not taken to the streets
for you to take selfies with us
569
01:09:13,261 --> 01:09:16,421
and tell us that
you really admire what we do.
570
01:09:17,541 --> 01:09:21,061
We children are doing this
for you to put your differences aside
571
01:09:21,061 --> 01:09:23,941
and start acting as
you would in a crisis.
572
01:09:23,941 --> 01:09:28,061
We children are doing this because
we want our hopes and dreams back.
573
01:09:31,101 --> 01:09:36,101
I hope my microphone was on.
I hope you could all hear me. Thank you.
574
01:09:52,181 --> 01:09:55,621
♪
575
01:10:06,141 --> 01:10:09,541
In a few weeks, school will end.
576
01:10:09,541 --> 01:10:14,541
After the summer holidays,
I am starting gymnasium.
577
01:10:14,541 --> 01:10:17,421
It's like Swedish high school.
578
01:10:17,421 --> 01:10:22,541
And this is what I really
want to do because I love studying.
579
01:10:22,541 --> 01:10:28,581
But I have also been invited to attend the
United Nations Climate Summit in New York.
580
01:10:29,861 --> 01:10:35,261
And since time is running out,
I have decided to go there.
581
01:10:35,261 --> 01:10:38,301
[crowd cheering]
582
01:10:42,861 --> 01:10:48,901
And since I don't fly because of
the enormous climate impact of aviation,
583
01:10:48,901 --> 01:10:50,741
it's going to be a challenge.
584
01:10:50,741 --> 01:10:52,741
[crowd cheering]
585
01:11:44,901 --> 01:11:46,901
♪
586
01:12:44,821 --> 01:12:48,581
‐ Greta! It's good, what you're doing.
‐ You too.
587
01:12:48,581 --> 01:12:51,581
‐ Thanks, first of all, for your interest
588
01:12:51,581 --> 01:12:55,781
in our suggestion to sail over together.
589
01:12:56,581 --> 01:13:00,661
It may be a crazy idea,
but I really like it.
590
01:13:00,661 --> 01:13:04,461
And please, ask me any
question you want on the boat.
591
01:13:04,461 --> 01:13:09,941
I'll show you
around with the camera. Um, so...
592
01:13:09,941 --> 01:13:13,541
This, for example, is a bunk bed.
593
01:13:13,541 --> 01:13:19,141
A carbon fiber tube
with just a cloth on it.
594
01:13:19,141 --> 01:13:21,501
And a rope, where I can pull.
595
01:13:21,501 --> 01:13:25,341
It's a race boat for a small crew,
to, um...
596
01:13:26,701 --> 01:13:29,621
to be, uh, to be efficient.
597
01:13:29,621 --> 01:13:32,141
I'll show you the kitchen as well.
598
01:13:32,141 --> 01:13:35,821
This is the kitchen.
‐ Ah‐ha!
599
01:13:36,901 --> 01:13:40,381
BORIS:
And we heat water here.
600
01:13:40,381 --> 01:13:45,981
And then, this area here
we spend most of our time.
601
01:14:27,621 --> 01:14:31,021
[Malena sobbing]
602
01:15:01,621 --> 01:15:03,541
[Greta laughing and shouting]
603
01:15:35,061 --> 01:15:41,101
♪ Primal paradise
But there you go again ♪
604
01:15:41,381 --> 01:15:45,861
♪ Saying everything ends ♪
605
01:15:45,861 --> 01:15:51,901
♪ Saying you can't depend on anything
Or anyone ♪
606
01:15:53,181 --> 01:15:59,221
♪ If the end of the world was near ♪
607
01:16:00,141 --> 01:16:04,541
♪ Where would you choose to be? ♪
608
01:16:04,541 --> 01:16:10,581
♪ If there was five more minutes of air ♪
609
01:16:11,421 --> 01:16:16,701
♪ Would you panic and hide
Or run for your life ♪
610
01:16:16,701 --> 01:16:21,141
♪ Or stand here and spend it with me? ♪
611
01:16:21,141 --> 01:16:26,741
♪ If we had five more minutes ♪
612
01:16:26,741 --> 01:16:32,781
♪ Would I, could I, make you happy? ♪
613
01:16:37,221 --> 01:16:39,661
GRETA:
I don't want to be a person
614
01:16:39,661 --> 01:16:42,741
says one thing
and then does something else.
615
01:16:45,141 --> 01:16:50,901
I don't want to be the kind of person
who says, "This is so important"
616
01:16:50,901 --> 01:16:56,501
and then the next second, flies across
the world because it's easier that way.
617
01:17:07,741 --> 01:17:10,741
WOMAN:
Many people would say this is crazy.
618
01:17:10,741 --> 01:17:12,981
Just take a flight.
619
01:17:12,981 --> 01:17:16,021
Why do you not want to do that?
620
01:17:16,021 --> 01:17:18,301
GRETA:
Because by taking a boat,
621
01:17:18,301 --> 01:17:23,501
it shows that it's basically
impossible to live sustainable today.
622
01:17:24,501 --> 01:17:30,141
♪ Would you panic and hide
Or run for your life ♪
623
01:17:30,141 --> 01:17:34,661
♪ Or stand here and spend it with me? ♪
624
01:17:34,661 --> 01:17:39,661
♪ If we had five more minutes ♪
625
01:17:39,661 --> 01:17:45,501
♪ Would I, could I, make you happy? ♪
626
01:17:47,701 --> 01:17:50,381
‐ She faces a really,
really tough journey.
627
01:17:50,381 --> 01:17:53,661
I mean, it's an incredible boat.
It's fantastically exciting to sail.
628
01:17:53,661 --> 01:17:56,341
It's basically a huge sail
attached to a super‐light hull.
629
01:17:56,341 --> 01:17:59,941
It leaps in the wind,
really muscular, jumps forward.
630
01:17:59,941 --> 01:18:03,021
What that means is,
that it crashes against the waves.
631
01:18:03,021 --> 01:18:06,101
Essentially, it's a giant drum
that bangs against the waves. As the...
632
01:18:06,101 --> 01:18:09,221
‐ And then, here's a button.
633
01:18:09,221 --> 01:18:12,781
There's only one button,
so you will remember that.
634
01:18:12,781 --> 01:18:16,101
And this sends your GPS position‐‐
This has a GPS.
635
01:18:16,101 --> 01:18:18,541
It sends it to a satellite.
636
01:18:18,541 --> 01:18:22,741
This is kind of
the worst‐case scenario thing.
637
01:18:22,741 --> 01:18:27,341
It transmits for probably 24 hours
your position.
638
01:18:27,341 --> 01:18:30,501
The problem, why is it dangerous
to fall in the water?
639
01:18:30,501 --> 01:18:32,661
It's because you can get very cold.
640
01:18:32,661 --> 01:18:36,901
Um, the other thing is
to find you is difficult.
641
01:18:36,901 --> 01:18:41,061
For finding you,
this is one thing to have...
642
01:18:41,061 --> 01:18:43,061
[silence]
643
01:18:48,301 --> 01:18:51,181
‐ Greta, lots of love.
‐ Yeah, you too.
644
01:18:52,781 --> 01:18:57,061
‐ The UK strikers made you a video.
‐ Oh, thank you! Yeah.
645
01:18:57,061 --> 01:18:59,781
[crowd chattering]
646
01:18:59,781 --> 01:19:04,101
‐ The whole world thinks
you're wonderful. Be a brave girl.
647
01:19:14,501 --> 01:19:20,181
ALL:
Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!
648
01:20:52,421 --> 01:20:56,021
[wind blows, waves crash]
649
01:20:56,021 --> 01:20:58,981
[boat creaks]
650
01:21:14,141 --> 01:21:17,101
‐ And here the wind is
from behind, and light.
651
01:21:17,101 --> 01:21:21,861
Here's a high pressure.
This will be quite bumpy.
652
01:21:21,861 --> 01:21:25,381
And after that,
the wind is strong from behind.
653
01:21:25,381 --> 01:21:31,421
It starts to blow stronger at
five in the morning tomorrow morning.
654
01:21:32,861 --> 01:21:38,901
It will be a bit challenging,
but nothing dramatic, really.
655
01:21:49,541 --> 01:21:51,541
[waves crashing]
656
01:22:22,501 --> 01:22:27,781
[wind and waves increasing]
657
01:26:39,061 --> 01:26:43,701
[boat creaking,
faint wind and waves outside]
658
01:27:02,661 --> 01:27:07,061
♪
659
01:27:31,581 --> 01:27:37,061
[cheering crowd]
660
01:27:54,181 --> 01:27:56,661
GRETA:
Humans are social animals.
661
01:27:57,901 --> 01:28:02,021
And in a herd,
everyone has different roles.
662
01:28:05,461 --> 01:28:09,381
We are dependent
on each other to survive.
663
01:28:23,141 --> 01:28:25,661
If you see a threat...
664
01:28:27,181 --> 01:28:30,141
It's your responsibility
to sound the alarm.
665
01:28:34,941 --> 01:28:39,781
And I feel like this is
my responsibility, in a way.
666
01:28:48,261 --> 01:28:51,581
HOST:
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
667
01:28:51,581 --> 01:28:55,101
welcome to the 2019 Climate Action Summit.
668
01:28:59,461 --> 01:29:03,581
If I may ask you to
please take your seats.
669
01:29:22,221 --> 01:29:28,021
[applause]
670
01:29:29,181 --> 01:29:31,621
WOMAN:
Greta, your first climate strike
671
01:29:31,621 --> 01:29:34,301
was a lonely event,
a little over a year ago
672
01:29:34,301 --> 01:29:37,861
demanding action for climate change.
673
01:29:37,861 --> 01:29:40,821
What's your message
to world leaders today?
674
01:29:43,981 --> 01:29:49,181
GRETA:
This is all wrong.
I shouldn't be up here.
675
01:29:49,181 --> 01:29:53,861
I should be back in school,
on the other side of the ocean.
676
01:29:53,861 --> 01:29:58,381
Yet you all come to
us young people for hope.
677
01:29:58,381 --> 01:30:00,941
How dare you?
678
01:30:00,941 --> 01:30:06,421
You have stolen my dreams and
my childhood with your empty words.
679
01:30:06,421 --> 01:30:09,581
And, yet,
I'm one of the lucky ones.
680
01:30:10,421 --> 01:30:14,581
People are suffering.
People are dying.
681
01:30:14,581 --> 01:30:17,621
Entire ecosystems are collapsing
682
01:30:17,621 --> 01:30:23,661
and all you can talk about is money and
fairy tales of eternal economic growth.
683
01:30:24,061 --> 01:30:25,541
How dare you?
684
01:30:26,701 --> 01:30:31,021
For more than 30 years,
the science has been crystal clear.
685
01:30:31,981 --> 01:30:35,461
How dare you
continue to look away?
686
01:30:35,461 --> 01:30:38,541
And come here,
saying that you are doing enough?
687
01:30:38,541 --> 01:30:43,261
When the politics and solutions
needed are still nowhere in sight.
688
01:30:44,181 --> 01:30:46,701
You are failing us!
689
01:30:46,701 --> 01:30:51,621
But the young people are
starting to understand your betrayal.
690
01:30:51,621 --> 01:30:55,421
The eyes of all future
generations are upon you.
691
01:30:56,501 --> 01:31:01,781
And if you choose to fail us,
I say that we will never forgive you.
692
01:31:04,221 --> 01:31:06,981
The world is waking up.
693
01:31:06,981 --> 01:31:11,861
And change is coming,
whether you like it or not.
694
01:31:11,861 --> 01:31:17,901
[crowd cheering]
695
01:31:22,021 --> 01:31:24,021
[protesters chanting]
696
01:32:24,061 --> 01:32:28,981
If you deal with crises in time,
instead of waiting...
697
01:32:30,901 --> 01:32:33,061
the problems won't get as big.
698
01:32:34,101 --> 01:32:40,141
[crowd cheering]
699
01:32:40,861 --> 01:32:45,821
Because if you do that,
you come out on the other side.
700
01:32:48,661 --> 01:32:50,661
And there, it's better.
701
01:32:54,221 --> 01:33:00,261
[cheering and applause]
702
01:33:05,341 --> 01:33:08,341
♪
703
01:33:16,301 --> 01:33:21,301
Actually, I don't see the world
in black and white.
704
01:33:24,341 --> 01:33:28,541
It's just the climate issue
I see in black and white.
705
01:33:33,621 --> 01:33:38,101
Sometimes I feel like it would be good
if everyone had a bit more Asperger's.
706
01:33:41,861 --> 01:33:43,981
At least when it comes to the climate.
707
01:33:44,741 --> 01:33:47,741
♪
708
01:34:02,781 --> 01:34:07,501
WOMAN 1:
We, the youth, say
you are not doing enough!
709
01:34:11,301 --> 01:34:16,741
We, the youth, demand action now!
710
01:34:20,741 --> 01:34:22,741
WOMAN 2:
We're on the outskirts
711
01:34:22,741 --> 01:34:25,341
of the biggest catastrophe
humanity has ever faced
712
01:34:25,341 --> 01:34:28,181
and our
government is doing nothing!
713
01:34:29,581 --> 01:34:33,421
WOMAN 3:
Tell me why there are children
who have to stand up for themselves.
714
01:34:33,421 --> 01:34:37,781
Where are our parents,
where are our grandparents?
715
01:34:37,781 --> 01:34:42,101
We, as a human population,
need to be the change.
716
01:34:42,101 --> 01:34:47,541
Because I will not sit and worry
about a future that I might not have!
717
01:34:47,541 --> 01:34:50,861
WOMAN 4:
Shout out, for the sake
of our environment.
718
01:34:50,861 --> 01:34:54,221
And we, the younger generation,
we need to raise our voice.
719
01:35:10,101 --> 01:35:13,541
‐ We have contaminated the Earth
and all the water,
720
01:35:13,541 --> 01:35:15,821
we have polluted the air.
721
01:35:15,821 --> 01:35:17,301
What have we done?
722
01:35:25,261 --> 01:35:27,261
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