You took my dreams ... Swedish environmental activist Greta Tunberg (16) gave a speech on the stage of the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on the 23rd. “The eyes of future generations are looking at you. If you choose a path that will disappoint us, you will never forgive me.” With a strong tone, I appealed to government representatives who had not taken sufficient measures against global warming. .
Greta started a “school strike” one year ago to promote global warming countermeasures, and the movement spread all over the world. On this month, more than 4 million young people from more than 160 countries, including Japan, participated, and voices calling for immediate global warming measures have been greatly swelled.
Greta criticized the government representatives, saying, “I shouldn't be here. I should go back to school. You took my dreams out of my childhood with empty words.” “What did you do?” Shuddered.
Over the past few decades, science has become clear ...