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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.07,0:00:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never planned to become\Na climate activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.58,0:00:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But things have changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.87,0:00:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, standing here\Nas a climate activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.95,0:00:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask you all to become one, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.19,0:00:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.71,0:00:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly, how.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.82,0:00:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years ago, when I was 13 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.34,0:00:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first learned about\Nthe greenhouse effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.89,0:00:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back then, we spent\N90 minutes on this issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.73,0:00:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember finding it quite irritating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.89,0:00:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something so fundamental
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.13,0:00:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be squeezed into\Na single geography lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.12,0:00:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of this irritation remained,\Nso when I graduated from high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.99,0:00:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to study geography,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.32,0:00:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to make sure I was on the right track\Nwith this whole climate change thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.49,0:00:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is when everything changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.49,0:00:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first time\NI looked at the data,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.71,0:00:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the science behind the climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.88,0:01:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't believe what I was reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.98,0:01:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.13,0:01:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that the planet\Nwasn't really in a good state.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea that we are rushing\Ninto this self-made disaster
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.60,0:01:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a rapid pace.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.64,0:01:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was also the first time\NI understood what difference it makes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.100,0:01:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you consider the bigger picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.17,0:01:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the CO2 concentration\Nin the atmosphere, for instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.91,0:01:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number one driver for global warming.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, this looks bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.30,0:01:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This looks like we are on\Na pretty bad track.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.36,0:01:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's only once you don't\Njust consider the last 60 years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.61,0:01:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the last 10,000 years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.25,0:01:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you understand\Nhow terrifying this really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.51,0:01:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just one aspect\Nof the crisis we're seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.92,0:01:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to get into details here,\Nbut let me tell you so much:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.55,0:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in a point of history
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.50,0:02:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the most destructive force\Non the planet is humanity itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.81,0:02:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in a point of history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.25,0:02:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no scientist could guarantee you\Nthat you will survive this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.55,0:02:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in a point of history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.17,0:02:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humanity is creating an environment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.91,0:02:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not safe for humans anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.35,0:02:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, there I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.88,0:02:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first year of geography,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.24,0:02:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and felt pretty overwhelmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.71,0:02:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.33,0:02:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.09,0:02:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very same year\NI first learned about all this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.62,0:02:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaders from across the globe\Ncame together in Paris
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.25,0:02:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to decide on the common target to limit\Nglobal warming to below two degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.76,0:02:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pictures went around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.40,0:02:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was told that history\Nwas made that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.95,0:02:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How relieving, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.36,0:02:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.43,0:02:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something didn't quite\Nwork out about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.31,0:03:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After this agreement was signed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.16,0:03:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things didn't really get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.25,0:03:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, they got much worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.82,0:03:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Decision makers and industries,\Nleaders and politicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.89,0:03:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went back to business as usual,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.46,0:03:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploiting our livelihoods\Nlike there is literally no tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.25,0:03:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building coal power plants\Nagain and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though we know that needs to stop,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.49,0:03:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the Paris Agreement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.37,0:03:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while there are also\Ngood developments, of course --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.58,0:03:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are installations of wind and solar\Nenergy all over the globe, yes --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.75,0:03:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these positive changes\Nare slow -- too slow, in fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.90,0:03:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So since the Paris Agreement was signed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.59,0:03:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate graphs keep racing to the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.67,0:03:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smashing records every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.43,0:03:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The five hottest years ever recorded
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.89,0:03:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the previous five years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.42,0:04:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at no time have global emissions\Nbeen higher than today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.21,0:04:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing and understanding\Nthe science on the one side,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.24,0:04:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not seeing answers,\Nnot seeing the action, on the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.68,0:04:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that point, I had enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.64,0:04:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to go to the UN\NClimate Conference myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.07,0:04:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that very place that was created\Nto bring people together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.65,0:04:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fix the climate --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.54,0:04:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except not really, apparently.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.03,0:04:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.20,0:04:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I traveled to the Climate Conference\Nand wanted to find out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.48,0:04:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this is really like,\Nwhat this is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.34,0:04:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For political realists,\Nthis might be no surprise,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.25,0:04:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I found it hard to bear:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.40,0:04:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that fossil fuel industries\Nand political leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.88,0:04:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are doing everything, everything\Nto prevent real change from happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.82,0:04:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not keen to set targets\Nthat are ambitious enough
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.46,0:05:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put us on a below-two-degree pathway.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.16,0:05:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, these are the only ones who\Nbenefit from this climate crisis, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.66,0:05:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fossil fuel industry\Ngenerates profits,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.58,0:05:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and political leaders, well,\Nthey look at the next election,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.18,0:05:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at what makes them popular,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.68,0:05:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I guess that's not asking\Nthe inconvenient questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.76,0:05:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no intention for them\Nto change the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.39,0:05:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no country in the world\Nwhere either companies or political powers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.54,0:05:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are sanctioned for wrecking the climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.20,0:05:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With all the strangeness\Nand the sadness about this conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.100,0:05:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was one someone who was different,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.26,0:05:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who seemed to be quite worried,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.52,0:05:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was Greta Thunberg.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.13,0:05:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided right there\Nthat everything else seemed hopeless
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.49,0:05:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and didn't seem to make sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.100,0:05:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I joined her climate strike\Nright there at the conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.29,0:06:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my very first climate strike ever
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.11,0:06:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an incredibly strange setting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.36,0:06:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just me and her sitting there\Nat this conference hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.60,0:06:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded by this busyness\Nof the suit-wearing conference crowd
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.57,0:06:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had no idea what to do with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.60,0:06:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, this felt more powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.62,0:06:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anything I had expected\Nin a very long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.28,0:06:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was right there\Nthat I felt it was maybe time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.03,0:06:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start striking in Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.70,0:06:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was now certain that no one else\Nwas going to fix this for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.27,0:06:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if there was just the slightest chance\Nthat this could make a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.13,0:06:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seemed almost foolish\Nnot to give it a go.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.48,0:06:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.64,0:06:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.80,0:06:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I traveled back to Berlin.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.59,0:07:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found allies who had\Nthe same idea at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.44,0:07:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and together we thought we'd give\Nthis "Fridays For Future" thing a go.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.46,0:07:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, we had no idea\Nwhat we were getting into.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.99,0:07:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before our first strike,\Nmany of us, including me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.00,0:07:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had never organized a public demonstration\Nor any kind of protest before.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.95,0:07:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had no money, no resources
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.87,0:07:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absolutely no idea\Nwhat climate striking really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.75,0:07:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we started doing what we were good at:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.10,0:07:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started texting,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.93,0:07:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,texting en masse, night and day,\Neveryone we could reach,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.84,0:07:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing our first\Nclimate strike via WhatsApp.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.10,0:07:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The night before our first strike,\NI was so nervous I couldn't sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.48,0:07:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what to expect,\Nbut I expected the worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.19,0:07:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was because\Nwe weren't the only ones
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.10,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had been longing to have a voice\Nin a political environment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.58,0:07:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had seemingly forgotten\Nhow to include young people's perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.83,0:08:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into decision-making, maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.05,0:08:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But somehow this worked out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.99,0:08:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from one day to the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.51,0:08:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were all over the place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.67,0:08:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I, from one day to the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.91,0:08:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became a climate activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.46,0:08:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.98,0:08:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these kind of TED Talks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.27,0:08:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would now say how it's overly hopeful,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.29,0:08:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we young people\Nare going to get this sorted,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.79,0:08:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we're going to save the future\Nand the planet and everything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.26,0:08:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we young people\Nstriking for the climate
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.62,0:08:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to fix this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.67,0:08:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.68,0:08:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is not how this works.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.24,0:08:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not how this crisis works.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.22,0:08:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a twist:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.05,0:08:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today, three and a half years\Nafter that Paris Agreement was signed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.57,0:08:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we look at the science,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.24,0:08:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find it's still possible\Nto keep global warming
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.34,0:08:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to below two degrees --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.11,0:09:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technically.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.44,0:09:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also see it's still possible\Nto hold other disastrous developments
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.33,0:09:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're seeing, such as mass\Nextinction and soil degradation --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.34,0:09:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, technically.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.67,0:09:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just incredibly, incredibly unlikely.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.34,0:09:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in any case,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.82,0:09:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world would have to see changes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.18,0:09:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we have never experienced before.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.10,0:09:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd have to fully decarbonize\Nour economies by 2050
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.04,0:09:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and transform the distribution of powers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.72,0:09:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is currently allowing those fossil\Nfuel giants and political leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.70,0:09:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stay on top of the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.56,0:09:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking of nothing less\Nthan the greatest transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.74,0:09:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the Industrial Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.72,0:09:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking, if you want\Nto put it that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.94,0:09:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are talking of a climate revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.64,0:09:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a minimum amount of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.82,0:10:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wouldn't have a single\Nfurther year to lose.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.88,0:10:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in any case, for any\Nof that change to happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.89,0:10:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world needs to stop relying on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.40,0:10:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one or two or three million school\Nstrikers to sort this out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.29,0:10:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we are great,\Nwe are going to keep going,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.85,0:10:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are going to go to places\Nno one ever expected us, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.89,0:10:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are not the limit;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.76,0:10:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the start.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.41,0:10:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a job for a single generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.88,0:10:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a job for humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.69,0:10:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is when all eyes are on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.41,0:10:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this change to happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.78,0:10:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will have to get\None million things sorted.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.05,0:10:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an incredibly\Ncomplex thing, after all.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.90,0:10:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.38,0:10:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some things that everyone\Ncan get started with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.72,0:10:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bad news first: if you thought\NI would tell you now to cycle more
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.51,0:11:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or eat less meat, to fly less,\Nor to go secondhand shopping,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.91,0:11:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry, this is not that easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.48,0:11:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here comes the good news:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.63,0:11:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are more than consumers and shoppers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.91,0:11:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though the industry would like you\Nto keep yourselves limited to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.63,0:11:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No; me and you --\Nwe are all political beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.42,0:11:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can all be part of this answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.99,0:11:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can all be something\Nthat many people call climate activists.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.58,0:11:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yay?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.77,0:11:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.32,0:11:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are the first steps?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.76,0:11:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four first steps that are essential\Nto get everything else done,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.73,0:11:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four first steps that everyone\Ncan get started with,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.53,0:11:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four first steps that decide\Nabout everything that can happen after.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.18,0:11:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's that?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.57,0:11:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.09,0:11:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to drastically reframe\Nour understanding of a climate activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.08,0:11:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our understanding of who\Ncan be the answer to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.98,0:12:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A climate activist isn't that one person\Nthat's read every single study
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.69,0:12:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is now spending every afternoon\Nhanding out leaflets about vegetarianism
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.67,0:12:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in shopping malls.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.86,0:12:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.10,0:12:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A climate activist can be everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.25,0:12:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone who wants to join a movement\Nof those who intend to grow old
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.46,0:12:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a planet that prioritizes\Nprotection of natural environments
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.39,0:12:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and happiness and health for the many
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.13,0:12:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the destruction of the climate\Nand the wrecking of the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.47,0:12:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the profits of the few.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.23,0:12:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since the climate crisis is affecting\Nevery single part of our social,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.93,0:12:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our political and of our private life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.49,0:12:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need climate activists\Neverywhere on every corner,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.57,0:12:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in every room,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.97,0:12:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in every city and country\Nand state and continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.48,0:12:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.34,0:12:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need you to get out of\Nthat zone of convenience,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.96,0:13:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from a business as usual\Nthat has no tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.93,0:13:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of you here, you are\Neither a friend or a family member,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.92,0:13:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a worker, a colleague,\Na student, a teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.54,0:13:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, in many cases, a voter.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.63,0:13:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of this comes along\Nwith a responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.68,0:13:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this crisis requires you\Nto grow up to.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.78,0:13:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the company that employs you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.28,0:13:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that sponsors you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.48,0:13:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it on track of meeting\Nthe Paris Agreement?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.93,0:13:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does your local parliamentarian know\Nthat you care about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.05,0:13:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you want this to be a priority\Nin every election?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.67,0:13:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does your best friend know about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.08,0:13:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you read a newspaper\Nor write a newspaper? Great.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.08,0:13:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then let them know you want them\Nto report on this in every issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.46,0:13:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you want them to challenge\Ndecision makers in every single interview.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.88,0:13:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a singer, sing about this.\NIf you're a teacher, teach about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.48,0:13:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have a bank account,\Ntell your bank you're going to leave
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.75,0:13:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they keep investing in fossil fuels.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.41,0:14:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, on Fridays,\Nyou should all know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.50,0:14:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirdly:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.34,0:14:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving that zone of convenience\Nworks best when you join forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.61,0:14:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One person asking for inconvenient change
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.77,0:14:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is mostly inconvenient.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.42,0:14:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two, five, ten, one hundred people\Nasking for inconvenient change
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.33,0:14:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are hard to ignore.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.91,0:14:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you are, the harder it gets\Nfor people to justify
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.90,0:14:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a system that has no future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.83,0:14:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power is not something\Nthat you either have or don't have.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.99,0:14:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power is something you either take\Nor leave to others,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.94,0:14:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it grows once you share it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.32,0:14:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We young people on the streets,\Nwe school strikers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.86,0:14:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are showing how this can work out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.08,0:14:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One single school striker will always be\None single school striker --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.36,0:14:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, Greta Thunberg.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.82,0:14:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two, five, ten, one thousand people\Nstriking school are a movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.04,0:14:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we need everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.86,0:14:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.10,0:15:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.96,0:15:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And number four, finally --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.90,0:15:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is probably the most\Nimportant aspect of all of this --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.65,0:15:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need you to start taking\Nyourselves more seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.46,0:15:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's one thing I've learned
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.75,0:15:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during seven months\Nof organizing climate action,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.63,0:15:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that if you don't go for something,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.84,0:15:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chances are high that no one else will.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.72,0:15:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most powerful\Ninstitutions of this world
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.36,0:15:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no intention of changing the game\Nthey're profiting from most,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.39,0:15:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's no point\Nin further relying on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.31,0:15:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's scary, I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.34,0:15:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a huge responsibility, a huge\Nburden on everyone's shoulders, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.72,0:15:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this also means,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.61,0:15:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we want to,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.86,0:15:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can have a say in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.19,0:16:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can be part of that change.\NWe can be part of that answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.04,0:16:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's quite beautiful, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.48,0:16:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's give it a try,\Nlet's rock and roll,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.63,0:16:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's flood the world\Nwith climate activists.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.65,0:16:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's get out of the zones of convenience
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.02,0:16:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join forces and start\Ntaking ourselves more seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.12,0:16:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine what this world would look like,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.72,0:16:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where children would grow up,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.66,0:16:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing their future was this one\Ngreat adventure to look forward to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.80,0:16:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nothing to be scared of,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.90,0:16:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this world would look like\Nwhen the next climate conference
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.59,0:16:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this great happening of people\Nwho come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.09,0:16:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had heard the voices of millions,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.66,0:16:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would then roll up their sleeves,\Nready to create real change.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.15,0:16:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.39,0:16:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dream of this world
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.06,0:16:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where geography classes\Nteach about the climate crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.08,0:17:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as this one greatest challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.15,0:17:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was won by people like you and me,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.86,0:17:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had started acting in time
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.20,0:17:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they understood\Nthey had nothing to lose
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.92,0:17:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything to win.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.47,0:17:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why not give it a go?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.01,0:17:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one else will save the future for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.84,0:17:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is more than an invitation.\NSpread the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.31,0:17:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.54,0:17:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)