Teased, teenage teenager from Sweden, Greta Thunberg, delivered a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg before the upcoming May elections. Thunberg called on EU leaders to act urgently on climate change, emphasizing the hypocrisy of how quickly they raised funds to rebuild the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, much more than France's contribution to the Green Climate Fund.
After the fire at Notre-Dame, around 1 billion euros were collected in record time.
"The whole world was desperate for the Notre-Dame fire in Paris, but Notre-Dame would be rebuilt. If our house were to be broken, none of the leaders would act as it did with Notre-Dame. Well, understand that our house is breaking apart a few days and nothing is happening yet. I ask you to wake up and do what is needed, " said Greta.
The British actor ironized Twitter: "If we were to consider the planet's destruction so terrible as we thought of Burning Notre-Dame, then we would do more to protect it."
In August 2018, Greta Thunberg kicked off a strike near the Stockholm Parliament building. She stated she would not go to school on Fridays until the government followed the terms of the Paris Accords on Climate Change, namely global warming. Greta became famous around the world and her protests found support from thousands of students across 400 cities in Europe, the US and Australia. Moreover, Thunberg was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
This year, the latest data reported that mankind is facing the era of a potential environmental catastrophe. According to the US, in the next 20 years, the global average temperature will increase by 1.5 ° C compared to pre-industrial levels. This means that droughts or floods will be more frequent. If temperatures rise to 2 degrees, hurricanes and lack of water will turn into a threat to millions of people. So by 2030, the level of CO2 in the atmosphere should be reduced by at least 45%. Although many states have signed the Paris Accords, not all are acting in accordance with the rules.
Global warming, among other things, has reduced snow covered areas and has increased by 30% the acidity of the oceans, causing the death of many underwater organisms. The earth is responding to our damages .
