Greta Thunberg before "resignation"?
- "Time to pass the mic"
Created: 10/19/2022 11:41 am
Greta Thunberg on stage.
The Swedish climate activist has now announced that she intends to work more in the background for climate protection in the future (archive photo, June 2022).
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Yui Mok
The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg wants to "pass the microphone on" in the fight against climate change - and also expresses her personal opinion.
Berlin - The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg only wants to work in the background for climate protection in the future.
She said that in an interview with the magazine
Brigitte Be Green,
as the dpa reported on Wednesday (October 19).
Thunberg took the opportunity to campaign again for nuclear energy instead of coal power.
Fighting climate change in the background: Greta Thunberg wants to "pass on the microphone"
Greta Thunberg demonstrated for the climate for the first time in 2018.
At that time, instead of sitting in the classroom, she stood in front of the Swedish Parliament with a sign that read “School strike for the climate”.
This gave rise to the global movement “Fridays for Future”; in 2019 almost two million people in 129 countries took part in the global climate strike.
The climate activist has now announced that she wants to withdraw somewhat from the public.
"I still do a lot, but I'm not as visible in the media anymore," Thunberg told
Brigitte Be Green
magazine .
The people most affected by the climate emergency should be better heard, Thunberg explained her decision and added: "It's time to pass the microphone on."
Greta Thunberg reaffirms position in nuclear power plant debate
The Swedish climate activist had already made it clear in the debate about nuclear power in the ARD program "Maischberger" last week that she was in favor of the continued operation of nuclear power plants in Germany.
In an interview with
Brigitte Be Green
, the climate activist reiterated that nuclear power plants are preferable to coal.
"My personal opinion - and I'm not speaking for Fridays For Future here - is: It's a mistake to stop them when coal is the alternative," said the 19-year-old.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) meanwhile spoke on Monday about the continued operation of the three remaining nuclear power plants in Germany.
The Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Emsland nuclear power plants should therefore be able to continue running until mid-April 2023
(dpa/bme).
