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I want the politicians to prioritise the climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.Collection: Greta
I really miss having a routine because now I've been on the road constantly for several months. I like routines, so it would be nice to get those routines back.Collection: Greta
I do not see myself as a celebrity or an icon or things like that... I have not really done anything.Collection: Greta
I don't fly because of the enormous climate impact of aviation per person.Collection: Greta
I mean, people aren't continuing like this and not doing anything because they are evil, or because they don't want to. We aren't destroying the biosphere because we are selfish. We are doing it simply because we are unaware.Collection: Greta
I have always been that girl in the back who doesn't say anything.Collection: Greta
Some people can just let things go, but I can't, especially if there's something that worries me or makes me sad.Collection: Greta
Sometimes it's Tune-berg, sometimes Thunn-berg. I mean, I think it's funny that everyone pronounces it differently. So, that is just - I don't mind anyone pronouncing it wrong. There's no wrong way to pronounce it. Everyone pronounces it in their own way.Collection: Greta
The most common criticism I get is that I'm being manipulated and you shouldn't use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can't think for myself and so on. And I think that is so annoying! I'm also allowed to have a say - why shouldn't I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people's minds?Collection: Greta
I write all of my own speeches.Collection: Greta
If there really was a crisis, and if this crisis was caused by our emissions, you would at least see some signs. Not just flooded cities, tens of thousands of dead people, and whole nations leveled to piles of torn down buildings. You would see some restrictions. But no. And no one talks about it.Collection: Greta
It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.Collection: Greta
Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone is guilty then no one is to blame. And someone is to blame.Collection: Greta
Many people say that this is not an easy issue, we cannot just say that this is how it is, it's not black and white. But I say that this is black and white. Either we stop the emissions or we don't. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.Collection: Greta
My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone - that is to unite behind the science and to act on the science.Collection: Greta
Even if the politics needed doesn't exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in power are focused on the right things. Because this is a democracy, and in a democracy, people are the ones who run the country.Collection: Greta
I just want to be just as everyone else. I want to educate myself and be just like a normal teenager.Collection: Greta
We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying 'we support you' and then walking away. We won't be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That's why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn't enough. That's why we have to keep striking.Collection: Greta
I feel strange when I get applauded by people in power... because it's obvious that it's them I'm criticizing, but they can't show that in front of the cameras. It's quite funny sometimes.Collection: Greta
There's always going to be people who don't understand or accept the united science, and I will just ignore them, as I'm only acting and communicating on the science.Collection: Greta
Sweden is not a green paradise, it has one of the biggest carbon footprints.Collection: Greta
The best thing about my protest has been to see how more and more people have been coming and getting involved.Collection: Greta
When I have been travelling around to speak in different countries, I am always offered help to write about the specific climate policies in specific countries. But that is not really necessary. Because the basic problem is the same everywhere.Collection: Greta
At places like Davos, people like to tell success stories. But their financial success has come with an unthinkable price tag. And on climate change, we have to acknowledge we have failed.Collection: Greta
Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?Collection: Greta
We are at a time in history where everyone with any insight of the climate crisis that threatens our civilisation - and the entire biosphere - must speak out in clear language, no matter how uncomfortable and unprofitable that may be.Collection: Greta
Most emissions aren't caused by individuals, they're caused by corporations and states.Collection: Greta
When I was 11 I became very depressed. It had a lot to do with the climate and ecological crisis. I thought everything was just so wrong and nothing was happening and there's no point in anything.Collection: Greta
I don't easily fall for lies, I can see through things.Collection: Greta
I personally have stopped flying. I have stopped eating meat and dairy.Collection: Greta
I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.Collection: Greta
By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing and that helps push a political movement.Collection: Greta
Many people listen to what I have to say and I appear a lot in media, so therefore I influence a lot of people and therefore I have a bigger responsibility because I have a bigger platform.Collection: Greta
I don't think I would be interested in the climate at all if I had been like everyone else.Collection: Greta
For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis.Collection: Greta
When I was maybe eight or nine years old, I first learned about the climate crisis in school. My teachers taught me about it and we saw films and pictures of plastic in the ocean and extreme weather events. Those pictures were just stuck in my head; I thought, there is no point in anything.Collection: Greta
So when I speak in front of thousands, tens of thousands of people, I don't really get nervous because I know what I want to say and I know what message I want to give.Collection: Greta
I just know what is right and I want to do what is right.Collection: Greta