Future generations deserve more than just empty talk
It takes a child to tell an emperor he has no clothes and it took Greta Thurnberg to tell climate negotiators in Poland they "have to speak clearly, no matter how uncomfortable that may be".
Thurnberg, just 15 years old, became a symbol for youth climate activism in September when she skipped school to protest against climate change outside the Swedish parliament, inspiring thousands of children to rally for climate justice.
Addressing the attendees to the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, on Dec 12, Thurnberg said: "You only speak of green eternal economic growth because you are too scared of being unpopular. You only talk about moving forward with the same bad ideas that got us into this mess, even when the only sensible thing to do is pull the emergency brake."
