Greta Thunberg
(Picture: @GretaThunberg/Twitter)Greta Thunberg has received support online once again after delivering another “incredible” speech to world leaders on climate change.
In scenes which are tragically starting to feel like déjà vu, Thunberg continued to call on politicians to do more to tackle the climate emergency – this time at the Austrian World Summit with Alok Sharma, president of the COP 26 climate change conference, and Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister.
Speaking on Thursday, ahead of her school strike for climate entering its 150th week, Thunberg said: “During this time, more and more people around the world have woken up to the climate and ecological crisis, putting more and more pressure on you, the people in power.
“Eventually, the public pressure was too much, and you had the world’s eyes on you. So you started to act.
“Not acting as in taking climate action, but acting as in role playing, playing politics, playing with words and playing with our future. Pretending to take responsibility, acting as saviours as you try to convince us that things are being taken care of.
“Meanwhile the gap between your rhetorics and reality keeps growing wider and wider,” she said.
After Thunberg shared the speech on Twitter on Friday, people heaped praise on the activist, with one writing that she “absolutely knocked it out of the park”:
I've listed to this a number of times now, and it just gets better on re-listening. Greta absolutely knocked it out of the park here. However, it is not about rhetoric and delivery, it is about the truth and the need for actual action, which is what it was all about.
— Stephen Barlow (@SteB777) July 2, 2021
Them: “Aw yeah we got Greta back again this year”
— Trask T. (@brasskisser) July 2, 2021
You: “I shouldn’t have to keep doing this”
This. Is. Cathartic. All the anger choking me is released because youre able to voice all the pain ive been feeling toward leaders. Your words impact on so many levels 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
— Earth Kindness Challenge 💚🌏 (@EarthKindness) July 3, 2021
It just feels like they literally refuse to act …unless it affects them directly and currently. Why does climate change have to BE Here before we listen and change?? Do they not realize it will be too late? Like, hello? pic.twitter.com/pZHvAaOpGY
— Brittany C (@C_Leda412) July 3, 2021
Sharp as a tack speaking truth to power... I always get goosebumps when I hear Greta
— Eduardo Garcia (@eduardo_journo) July 2, 2021
Wow, that was powerful & completely correct. Would have loved to have seen how on earth they responded?
— Kirsty Logan 🍃💚🍃 (@RabbleChorus) July 2, 2021
ABSOLUTE FIRE. Amazing job Greta.
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) July 2, 2021
We would also say that the speech is absolute fire, but that’s probably a poor choice of words when global warming continues to worsen, and according to Thunberg, leaders still aren’t doing enough to stop it.
