Greta Thunberg - From an autistic girl to a Nobel Peace Nominated environmental activist

Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg was born on January 3, 2003 in Stockholm, the daughter of Malena Ernman - a famous Swedish opera singer. At an early age, she was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome - a syndrome in the autism spectrum disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorder).

People with this syndrome are often very poor at communication, but in return possess advantages in many areas related to memory, perception, observation, etc. Some children show outstanding abilities in math. learning, logical thinking, linguistic thinking, extremely high concentration ability. For those who don't know, many of the great geniuses in history like Einstein, Mozart and Michelangelo all suffered from Asperger's, so some people even call this the "Genius Syndrome".

It is not clear if it is because of this syndrome that Thunberg's ability to focus is also very respectable. She was passionate about activities for the environment, then became an endless source of inspiration for the whole world when she was only 15 years old.

Greta's journey to spread began in August 2018, when she decided not to go to school to attend a protest outside the Swedish Parliament. That protest was intended to pressure the Swedish government to comply with its emissions commitments in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015.

The first day Greta arrived at the National Assembly, holding a placard bearing the words: "Leave school to fight climate change", becoming the most impressive image of the protest that day. On the second day, more people showed up to support her. A week later, the climate change protest movement spread to forums around the world.

This is the premise to create the "Friday for the Future" movement - when young people around the world simultaneously skip school on Friday to protest at the nearest main hall, to call on governments to take countries seriously. take action to protect the environment. On March 15, 2019, nearly 1.5 million children in 112 countries around the world left school to take to the streets to protest for action against climate change.

A few months after becoming a phenomenon, she stood before heads of state, speaking at the Polish climate change conference. The 16-year-old girl, who had not yet graduated from high school, received the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

At the United Nations Climate Change Summit (UN) on September 23, 2019, in front of the world's major heads of state, Greta gave a really powerful speech with a The voice seemed to tremble with anger but inspiration, making the whole hall seem silent because of what humans have done to the environment.

"This really isn't true! I shouldn't have been here.

I should have been in school, across the ocean. But then you look to our younger generation for hope? How dare you (do that)?

You guys stole my dreams and my childhood with just empty words. And that's why I'm still very lucky. Humanity out there, they're dying, they're miserable. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We're entering the 6th Great Extinction. So what you're saying is just money, and the fairy tale of so-called "sustainable economic growth"?

How dare you guys?

Over the past 30 years, science has proven very clearly. How dare you turn a blind eye and come here and say that you've tried enough, when the necessary policies and solutions are still nowhere to be found?

You say listen to us, understand this emergency. But no matter how angry and sad I am, I can't believe it. Because if you understand and continue to be superficial or do nothing, you are too cruel, and I refuse to believe you.

Cutting global emissions by half within 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of keeping temperatures below 1.5°C, to avoid triggering an irreversible climate chain reaction from the environment. . 50% might sound like enough to you, but that number doesn't include metrics like tipping points, the impact of air pollution, and the fairness of emissions. countries.

That number is based only on the fact that we young people have to take responsibility for solving the billions of tons of CO2 you emit, with technologies that have not really taken shape. So, 50% to us is simply unacceptable, because we will have to live with the consequences from you.

For the opportunity to increase to 67% in the next 10 years, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) says we have exactly 420 billion tons of CO2 allowed to emit as of January 1, 2018. To date, that number has dropped to 350 billion. So why can you pretend to be "business as usual" and make up for it with scientific solutions?

At today's level of human emissions, in just 8.5 years, the CO2 fund allowed to emit will be exhausted in 8.5 years. There won't be any plans or solutions, because the numbers above sound too uncomfortable, and you are not mature enough to face it.

You guys have let us down. But today's young generation, they are gradually understanding that betrayal. Entire future generations will be watching you. If we let us down, I'm sure we'll never forgive you.

We have not given up on you. Right here, right now, we set a limit. The whole world is waking up, change will come sooner or later, whether you like it or not.

Thank you!"

The whole hall at that time seemed to wake up to listen to a girl representing the immature generation. Greta stood in front of the world's top leaders who rebuked adults for their irresponsibility to the Earth's environment with a voice that trembled with emotion, but was extremely sharp.

Responding to Time's recognition, Greta wrote on Twitter: "I share this great honor with everyone in the FridaysForFuture movement and with climate activists everywhere."

Greta has had thoughts about climate change and concerns about the lack of action to curb and limit climate change since the age of 8. She once said that she didn't understand why adults didn't work to minimize its effects.

Greta said she was depressed because she couldn't seem to save the planet anymore. In May 2018, Greta won a climate change writing contest for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. This victory became the driving force and source of Greta's environmental cause.

In May 2019, Thunberg appeared on the cover of Time magazine, with a big title next to the name Greta: "Next generation leader".

"She makes an inspirational call to those willing to act and shames those who are unwilling," Time magazine wrote about Greta in December 2019.

Responding to Time's recognition, Greta wrote on Twitter: "I share this great honor with everyone in the FridaysForFuture movement and with climate activists everywhere."

Greta has had thoughts about climate change and concerns about the lack of action to curb and limit climate change since the age of 8. She once said that she didn't understand why adults didn't work to minimize its effects.

Greta said she was depressed because she couldn't seem to save the planet anymore. In May 2018, Greta won a climate change writing contest for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. This victory became the driving force and source of Greta's environmental cause.

Greta once had a conversation with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The Pope has strongly advocated action to curb climate change. "Thank you for being supportive and telling the truth. It means a lot," Greta told the pope.

Greta once told members of the British parliament: "Many of you seem worried that we are wasting our time studying, but I can assure you that we will be back in school as soon as possible. you begin to listen to science, and give us a future."

Greta always refuses to fly. To travel around Europe, she uses trains. To attend the UN climate action conference in New York in September 2019, Greta accepted a new challenge: sailing to the US.

In the US, she also had a meeting with former President Barack Obama on September 17, 2019. "At just 16 years old, Greta Thunberg is already one of the greatest inspirational people on our planet," Obama tweeted after the meeting.

In addition, Greta also had the opportunity to meet with members of the US House of Representatives to discuss climate change policies. Instead of preparing a speech, Greta simply handed them the UN climate report with the message: "I don't want people to listen to me. I want people to listen to scientists."

To date, millions of people have responded to Greta's call and participated in climate marches in 161 countries around the world. Adults are also taking time off work to join young protesters in most major cities around the world. This is the largest protest against climate change in human history.

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