Climate Action Strike – Greta Thunberg

Whether you like it or not, changes will come, and it will make present the past. The climate is one of the thing is changing, and its changing in a bad way because of human’s action. However, the youths of the world are changing in a good way.

In the recent years, the frequency of extreme weather phenomenal is on the rise. This is the result of years of indiscriminately releasing pollution from our industries. The affect of this can be felt all over the world from the recent devastating hurricane Dorian, to the flooding cause by heavy rain, or drought soil salinization in Vietnam. Yet, our leaders, despite knowing this fact, refuse to take action. This is the time when the younger generation is noticing at what’s happening and taking the initiative.

On Friday, September 27, 2019, more than 500000 people went down to the street in Montreal to make a statement. They together with many more people who when on the climate strike all over the world, were there to send the message to the governments: “you are not doing enough to combat climate change.”

And yet, they were not just environmentalists, activists, or concerned adults, they were led by a 16 years old student from Sweden. Her name is Greta Thunberg, she is also an autistic patient.

“We are not in school today, you are not at work today, because this is an emergency, and we will not be bystanders,” said Greta Thunberg.

We, as the future of the world, should not just standing by either, because there is now plan B, or a replacement planet for us. We must act and reduce our carbon footprint to save the future.

In the end, whether you like it or not, changes will come, and it will make present the past.

Source Cited:

“Swedish Climate Activist Thunberg to Join Rally in Vancouver on Friday | CBC News.” CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 22 Oct. 2019, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greta-thunberg-vancouver-1.5330353.