Young activists blocked traffic in the heart of Toronto’s financial district for hours on Friday as part of a global action demanding governments take more drastic steps to curb carbon emissions.
“You can’t just sit around waiting for hope to come,” Greta Thunberg told European leaders in 2019. “Then you are acting like spoiled, irresponsible children. You don’t seem to understand that hope is something that you have to earn.”
"I wonder if there is not a risk that people are tiring of the standard COVID-19 messaging. How do we encourage positive behaviour, even as the situation becomes more dire?" author and consultant Ingrid Stefanovic asks.
Car sales are declining globally and the real “peak car” moment (when the number of vehicles in operation stops increasing and starts a permanent decline) could also be near.
Fionnuala Braun, a 19-year-old climate activist who organized a petition calling for the employees responsible to resign, says violent threats against young female climate activists are all too common.