Greta Thunberg: The disarming case to act right now on climate change
Greta Thunberg: Det er nu vi skal reagere på klimaforandringerne
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called climate change or global warming.
klimaforandring og global opvarmning.
humans have created by our way of living.
havde skabt gennem vores måde at leve på.
the lights to save energy
for at spare energi
that it was very strange
an animal species among others,
en dyreart blandt mange,
the Earth's climate.
and if it was really happening,
hvis det virkelig skete,
about anything else.
everything would be about that.
ville alt handle om det.
about anything else,
that it threatened our very existence,
slemt at det truede vores eksistens,
about 10 kilos of weight.
with Asperger syndrome,
Aspergers syndrom,
when I think it's necessary -
når jeg finder det nødvendigt --
participating in this social game
deltage i denne sociale leg,
that we autistic are the normal ones,
at vi autister er de normale
are pretty strange,
the sustainability crisis,
bæredygtighedskrisen,
climate change is an existential threat
er en eksistentiel krise
when it comes to survival.
når det handler om at overleve.
as a civilization or we don't.
eller også gør vi ikke.
need to start reducing emissions
skal reducere deres udslip
below a two-degree warming target.
under 2 grader-målet.
have recently demonstrated,
reduce the climate impacts.
what that means for reducing emissions.
and every one of our leaders
og alle verdens ledere
already locked in the system.
skjuler en stigning,
af fossile brændsler
0.5 to 1.1 degrees Celsius.
anyone speak about the fact
of the sixth mass extinction,
going extinct every single day,
the aspect of equity or climate justice,
klimalighed eller klimaretfærdighed,
in the Paris Agreement,
to make it work on a global scale.
at få til at fungere globalt.
within 6 to 12 years,
i løbet af 6 til 12 år
in poorer countries
their standard of living
deres levestandard
that we have already built,
infrastruktur vi allerede har
electricity, and so on.
countries like India or Nigeria
lande som Indien eller Nigeria
don't care even a second about it
er helt ligeglade med den
to the Paris Agreement?
a mass extinction?
en masseudryddelse?
doesn't have a clue
of our everyday life,
for vores hverdagsliv,
that rapid change is required.
hurtige forandringer.
and we all think everybody knows,
og vi tror alle andre ved det,
by our emissions,
af vores udslip,
tens of thousands of dead people,
titusindvis af døde
to piles of torn down buildings.
no headlines, no breaking news.
ingen overskrifter, intet seneste nyt.
as if we were in a crisis.
som var vi midt i en krise.
or green politicians
grønne politikere
eating meat and dairy.
spiser kød og mejeriprodukter.
I will be alive in the year 2103.
you don't think beyond the year 2050.
tænker du ikke længere end 2050.
not even have lived half of my life.
have levet under halvdelen af mit liv.
my 75th birthday.
min 75 års fødselsdag.
maybe they will spend that day with me.
med mine børn og børnebørn.
why you didn't do anything
hvorfor I ikke gjorde noget,
will affect my entire life
vil påvirke resten af mit liv
and grandchildren.
can't undo in the future.
ikke lave om på i fremtiden.
started in August of this year,
outside the Swedish parliament.
det svenske parlament.
should be in school instead.
to become a climate scientist
mig til klimaforsker
has already been solved.
all the facts and solutions.
to wake up and change.
that soon will be no more
der snart ikke findes mere
whatsoever to save that future?
in the school system
of that same school system
i det samme skolesystem
to our politicians and our society.
for vores politikere og samfund.
is just a small country,
blot er et lille land
can get headlines all over the world
kan skabe overskrifter i hele verden
for a few weeks,
i skole i et par uger,
together if you wanted to.
kunne gøre i fællesskab.
usually start talking about hope,
circular economy, and so on,
cirkulær økonomi osv.
and selling positive ideas.
positive idéer og peptalks.
but it doesn't work.
more than hope is action.
hope is everywhere.
er der håb overalt
barrels of oil every single day.
tønder olie dagligt.
to keep that oil in the ground.
der forhindrer udvinding af olie.
by playing by the rules,
ved at spille efter reglerne
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Greta Thunberg - Climate activistGreta Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist.
Why you should listen
In August 2018, Greta Thunberg started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish Parliament that has since spread all over the world and now involves over 100,000 schoolchildren. The movement is now called Fridays For Future.
Thunberg has spoken at climate rallies in Stockholm, Helsinki, Brussels and London. In December she attended the United Nations COP24 in Katowice, Poland, where she addressed the Secretary-General and made a plenary speech that went viral and was shared many million times around the globe. In January 2019 she was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos where her speeches again made a worldwide impact.
Thunberg tries to live a low-carbon life. Therefore she is vegan, and she doesn't fly. She has been named as one of the worlds most influential teens by TIME magazine.
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