Climate Quotes by Greta Thunburg

Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the…

— Greta Thunburg

We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.

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I don't use any animal products, both because of ethical and environmental and climate reasons.

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I'm not saying that people should stop flying. I'm just saying it needs to be easier to be climate neutral.

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I don't think I would be interested in the climate at all if I had been like everyone else.

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I want the politicians to prioritise the climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.

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Most emissions aren't caused by individuals, they're caused by corporations and states.

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The thing that's made me open my eyes to what was happening to the environment and climate was films and documentaries.

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People are unaware of what is going on. When I talk to people, they know the basics, they know the planet is…

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By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you…

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When I have been travelling around to speak in different countries, I am always offered help to write about the specific climate…

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Solving the climate crisis is the greatest and most complex challenge that homo sapiens have ever faced. The main solution, however, is…

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I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that…

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I think that once you fully understand the climate and ecological emergencies, then you know what you can do as well. And,…

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We are at a time in history where everyone with any insight of the climate crisis that threatens our civilisation - and…

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At places like Davos, people like to tell success stories. But their financial success has come with an unthinkable price tag. And…

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At first when I heard about climate change, I was a climate denier. I didn't think it was happening. Because if there…

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If there really was a crisis, and if this crisis was caused by our emissions, you would at least see some signs.…

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The climate crisis is both the easiest and the hardest issue we have ever faced. The easiest because we know what we…

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For 25 years countless people have come to the U.N. climate conferences begging our world leaders to stop emissions and clearly that…

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Nothing is being done to stop the climate and ecological emergency from happening and to secure the future wellbeing for future generations.

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I don't fly because of the enormous climate impact of aviation per person.

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The symbolism of the climate strike is that if you adults don't give a damn about my future, I won't either.

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We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows…

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Some people say that I should study to become a climate scientist so that I can 'solve the climate crisis.' But the…

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For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the…

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Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone…

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Many people say that this is not an easy issue, we cannot just say that this is how it is, it's not…

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Many people seem to have this double moral. They say one thing and then do another thing. They say that the climate…

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If burning fossil fuels was so bad that it threatened our very existence, how could we just continue like before? Why were…

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Many people, especially in the U.S., see countries like Sweden or Norway or Finland as role models - we have such a…

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