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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.34,0:00:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was about eight years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.31,0:00:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first heard about something\Ncalled climate change or global warming.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.62,0:00:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently, that was something\Nhumans had created by our way of living.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.22,0:00:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told to turn off\Nthe lights to save energy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.09,0:00:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to recycle paper to save resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.27,0:00:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember thinking\Nthat it was very strange
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.31,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humans, who are\Nan animal species among others,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be capable of changing\Nthe Earth's climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.09,0:00:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we were,\Nand if it was really happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.84,0:00:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wouldn't be talking\Nabout anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.72,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as you'd turn on the TV,\Neverything would be about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.51,0:00:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Headlines, radio, newspapers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.85,0:00:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would never read or hear\Nabout anything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.18,0:00:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if there was a world war going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.84,0:01:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no one ever talked about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.13,0:01:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If burning fossil fuels was so bad\Nthat it threatened our very existence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.65,0:01:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how could we just continue like before?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.26,0:01:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why were there no restrictions?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.03,0:01:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why wasn't it made illegal?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.92,0:01:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that did not add up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.29,0:01:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was too unreal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.40,0:01:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was 11, I became ill.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.25,0:01:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fell into depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.32,0:01:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.100,0:01:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I stopped eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.70,0:01:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In two months, I lost\Nabout 10 kilos of weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.89,0:01:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, I was diagnosed\Nwith Asperger syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.32,0:01:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OCD and selective mutism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.19,0:01:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That basically means I only speak\Nwhen I think it's necessary -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.76,0:01:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now is one of those moments.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.67,0:01:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.91,0:02:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of us who are on the spectrum,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.29,0:02:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost everything is black or white.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.56,0:02:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We aren't very good at lying,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.23,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we usually don't enjoy\Nparticipating in this social game
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.60,0:02:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the rest of you seem so fond of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.15,0:02:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.69,0:02:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think in many ways\Nthat we autistic are the normal ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.04,0:02:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rest of the people\Nare pretty strange,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.37,0:02:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.56,0:02:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when it comes to\Nthe sustainability crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.80,0:02:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everyone keeps saying\Nclimate change is an existential threat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.92,0:02:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most important issue of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.53,0:02:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet they just carry on like before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.63,0:02:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't understand that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.70,0:02:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if the emissions have to stop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.45,0:02:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we must stop the emissions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.19,0:02:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me that is black or white.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.70,0:02:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no gray areas\Nwhen it comes to survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.83,0:02:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either we go on\Nas a civilization or we don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.65,0:02:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.02,0:03:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rich countries like Sweden\Nneed to start reducing emissions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.95,0:03:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by at least 15 percent every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.20,0:03:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is so that we can stay\Nbelow a two-degree warming target.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.82,0:03:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, as the IPCC\Nhave recently demonstrated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.25,0:03:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aiming instead for 1.5 degrees Celsius
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.36,0:03:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would significantly\Nreduce the climate impacts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.93,0:03:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can only imagine\Nwhat that means for reducing emissions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.90,0:03:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would think the media\Nand every one of our leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.61,0:03:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be talking about nothing else,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.90,0:03:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they never even mention it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.00,0:03:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor does anyone ever mention
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.74,0:03:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greenhouse gases\Nalready locked in the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.34,0:03:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor that air pollution is hiding a warming
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.46,0:03:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that when we stop burning fossil fuels,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.42,0:03:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we already have an extra level of warming
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.86,0:03:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps as high as\N0.5 to 1.1 degrees Celsius.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.07,0:03:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Furthermore does hardly\Nanyone speak about the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.62,0:04:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are in the midst\Nof the sixth mass extinction,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.76,0:04:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with up to 200 species\Ngoing extinct every single day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.18,0:04:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the extinction rate today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.82,0:04:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.62,0:04:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what is seen as normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.52,0:04:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor does hardly anyone ever speak about\Nthe aspect of equity or climate justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.25,0:04:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly stated everywhere\Nin the Paris Agreement,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.61,0:04:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is absolutely necessary\Nto make it work on a global scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.49,0:04:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that rich countries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.34,0:04:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to get down to zero emissions\Nwithin 6 to 12 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.06,0:04:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with today's emission speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.19,0:04:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is so that people\Nin poorer countries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.33,0:04:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have a chance to heighten\Ntheir standard of living
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.99,0:04:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by building some of the infrastructure\Nthat we have already built,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.86,0:04:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as roads, schools, hospitals,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.91,0:05:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean drinking water,\Nelectricity, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.71,0:05:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because how can we expect\Ncountries like India or Nigeria
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.30,0:05:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to care about the climate crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.18,0:05:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we who already have everything\Ndon't care even a second about it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.19,0:05:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or our actual commitments\Nto the Paris Agreement?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.45,0:05:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why are we not reducing our emissions?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.61,0:05:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are they in fact still increasing?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.82,0:05:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we knowingly causing\Na mass extinction?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.74,0:05:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we evil?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.12,0:05:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, of course not.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.70,0:05:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People keep doing what they do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.33,0:05:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the vast majority\Ndoesn't have a clue
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.97,0:05:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the actual consequences\Nof our everyday life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.47,0:05:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they don't know\Nthat rapid change is required.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.48,0:05:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all think we know,\Nand we all think everybody knows,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.45,0:05:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.71,0:06:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because how could we?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.47,0:06:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there really was a crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.70,0:06:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if this crisis was caused\Nby our emissions,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would at least see some signs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.05,0:06:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just flooded cities,\Ntens of thousands of dead people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.17,0:06:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whole nations leveled\Nto piles of torn down buildings.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.90,0:06:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would see some restrictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.62,0:06:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.77,0:06:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no one talks about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.36,0:06:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no emergency meetings,\Nno headlines, no breaking news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.66,0:06:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one is acting\Nas if we were in a crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.31,0:06:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even most climate scientists\Nor green politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.40,0:06:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep on flying around the world,\Neating meat and dairy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.27,0:06:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I live to be 100,\NI will be alive in the year 2103.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.74,0:07:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think about the future today,\Nyou don't think beyond the year 2050.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.18,0:07:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By then, I will, in the best case,\Nnot even have lived half of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.32,0:07:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens next?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.56,0:07:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The year 2078, I will celebrate\Nmy 75th birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.45,0:07:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have children or grandchildren,\Nmaybe they will spend that day with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.68,0:07:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they will ask me about you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.38,0:07:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who were around, back in 2018.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.79,0:07:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they will ask\Nwhy you didn't do anything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.83,0:07:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while there still was time to act.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.89,0:07:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do or don't do right now\Nwill affect my entire life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.27,0:07:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the lives of my children\Nand grandchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.96,0:07:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do or don't do right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.56,0:07:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me and my generation\Ncan't undo in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.17,0:08:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when school\Nstarted in August of this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.03,0:08:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that this was enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.08,0:08:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I set myself down on the ground\Noutside the Swedish parliament.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.51,0:08:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I school striked for the climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.68,0:08:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say that I\Nshould be in school instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.27,0:08:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say that I should study\Nto become a climate scientist
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.93,0:08:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I can "solve the climate crisis."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.87,0:08:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the climate crisis\Nhas already been solved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.40,0:08:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already have\Nall the facts and solutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.92,0:08:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we have to do is\Nto wake up and change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.10,0:08:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why should I be studying for a future\Nthat soon will be no more
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.84,0:08:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when no one is doing anything\Nwhatsoever to save that future?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.86,0:08:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is the point of learning facts\Nin the school system
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.94,0:08:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the most important facts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.90,0:08:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given by the finest science\Nof that same school system
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.62,0:09:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly means nothing\Nto our politicians and our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.59,0:09:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say that Sweden\Nis just a small country,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.87,0:09:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it doesn't matter what we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.90,0:09:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think that if a few children\Ncan get headlines all over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.18,0:09:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by not coming to school\Nfor a few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.08,0:09:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine what we could all do\Ntogether if you wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.11,0:09:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.50,0:09:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're almost at the end of my talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.09,0:09:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is where people\Nusually start talking about hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.96,0:09:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solar panels, wind power,\Ncircular economy, and so on,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.38,0:09:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not going to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.75,0:09:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had 30 years of pep-talking\Nand selling positive ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.91,0:09:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm sorry,\Nbut it doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.91,0:09:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if it would have,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.52,0:09:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emissions would have gone down by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.78,0:09:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They haven't.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.47,0:09:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, we do need hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.58,0:10:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.65,0:10:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the one thing we need\Nmore than hope is action.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.04,0:10:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once we start to act,\Nhope is everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.72,0:10:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of looking for hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.96,0:10:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look for action.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.51,0:10:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, and only then, hope will come.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.56,0:10:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we use 100 million\Nbarrels of oil every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.97,0:10:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no politics to change that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.15,0:10:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no rules\Nto keep that oil in the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.36,0:10:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can't save the world\Nby playing by the rules,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.99,0:10:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the rules have to be changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.20,0:10:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything needs to change --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.68,0:10:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has to start today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.01,0:10:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.15,0:10:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)