Youthquake: Klimaforandringer og ungdomsaktivisme

Say “climate change” and see how most people react. I find it’s a bit like “sustainable development”: a phrase at which many people quietly glaze over and switch off. Don’t switch off. Climate change isn’t just words. It’s a real thing.

Some people say that climate change is natural, and we shouldn’t worry. The answer to that is that we have indeed had naturally occurring climate change since the Earth was formed. But none of the natural causes of climate variation, from the Sun’s output, the tilt of the Earth, volcanic activity or emissions from rotting vegetation, can account for the warming we observe today. There is only one thing that can, the emissions from fossil fuels caused by human activities over the last two hundred years.

At the moment it seems like the young people is the only one caring for mother earth, so let the young rule the world! Let’s show them how the world was meant to be treated.

“It’s now or never! This is the time where we have to do something, cause if we don’t do it now, it will be too late! With today’s emissions levels, our remaining CO2 budget will be gone in less than 8.5 years.”