{"id":5134,"date":"2019-09-25T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T08:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/09\/greta-thunbergs-how-dare-you-a-major-moment-for-climate-movement-world\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T08:33:45","slug":"greta-thunbergs-how-dare-you-a-major-moment-for-climate-movement-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/09\/25\/greta-thunbergs-how-dare-you-a-major-moment-for-climate-movement-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg&#8217;s &#8216;How dare you?&#8217; \u2014 A major moment for climate movement &#8211; World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Greta-Thunbergs-How-dare-you-\u2014-A-major-moment-for.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Its imperative &quot;How dare you?&quot; For world leaders at the UN, the role of Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg as the leading spokesperson of her generation on climate change, the culmination of a year of relentless persecution, say those who know her. <\/p>\n<p><em>Read: Angry Thunberg tells the UN climate summit &amp; # 39; you have stolen my dreams &amp; # 39;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although his words did not seem to move the leaders who spoke after her, his speech of only four and a half minutes went viral immediately, accumulating tens of thousands of actions and comments on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg&#39;s dominant state in the climate movement is easy to explain, say those who met the 16-year-old high school student, who is taking a year off from her studies.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She has done something that seems so unusual: a school strike. School is something very important for children around the world,&quot; said Jennifer Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace International.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg started strikes alone in Stockholm, with just one signal, in August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The simplicity of their actions quickly caught the attention of the world, and a year later, strikes are taking place in many countries, driven by social networks.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She is very clear on how she speaks, and I think her words at the summit were words that many people feel,&quot; Morgan added.<\/p>\n<p>Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International, agreed and told <em>AFP<\/em> that Greta &quot;speaks so loudly that we must listen.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg&#39;s way of speaking, brief, blunt and backed by well-chosen scientific data points, contrasts sharply with the style of his peers, as was evident during the weekend during a youth summit.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the young activists already speak as their elders, reciting long texts without nuances.<\/p>\n<p>The uniqueness of Thunberg&#39;s speech, sometimes reserved, and sometimes blunt, comes in part from Asperger&#39;s syndrome, a mild form of autism that, according to the teenager, has made it very direct.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The entire movement she helped inspire, and her speech yesterday, are playing an important role in the long-term task of changing the spirit of the time,&quot; said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, an international environmental organization which has been active in climate protests.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our sense of what is normal, natural and appropriate is changing, and changing faster now due to the work that Greta is doing,&quot; added the environmentalist, who met Thunberg in Washington and New York.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"5d8b2b9e98c2e\">The voice of science<\/h2>\n<p>Like young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who advocates for girls&#39; education, or American student and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg, who advocates gun control, Thunberg has been accused of being manipulated to promote a diary.<\/p>\n<p>She responded to the accusations on her Facebook page: &quot;There is no one &amp; # 39; behind &amp; # 39; of me, except me&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;And yes, I write my own speeches. But since I know that what I say is going to reach many, many people, I often ask for their opinion,&quot; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>His team shared with <em>AFP<\/em> the names of reputable scientists whom you have consulted. They include: Johan Rockstrom, Stefan Rahmstorf, Kevin Anderson, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Glen Peters and others.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I am convinced that she writes most of her speeches herself, even if she has them reviewed,&quot; said Belgian climatologist Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, who maintains regular contact with Thunberg and his father.<\/p>\n<p>About last week&#39;s messages, he helped Thunberg clarify a point before she testified at the United States Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Anderson, from the University of Manchester, echoed the same feelings: &quot;I am sure Greta writes her own speeches, but properly verifies the soundness of the facts, the scientific statements and any use of numbers with a range of specialists in those particular areas. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>For McKibben, Thunberg&#39;s skills are obvious: &quot;If you sat her and President Trump for 10 minutes and had a basic discussion of planetary physics and chemistry, who do you think would prevail?&quot; he asked with admiration.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Thunberg does not travel alone. Her father, former actor and producer Svante Thunberg, accompanies her, as well as a long-time family friend.<\/p>\n<p>Callum Grieve, from the Every Breath Matters organization, was also with her in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg also has help managing the flood of invitations and interview requests. Climate-oriented communications companies Climate Nexus and GSCC help manage media inquiries, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple NGOs work with Thunberg to coordinate events, such as 350.org, which sends invitations.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She doesn&#39;t have large NGOs behind her. She is her own person,&quot; said Kim Bryan, the spokeswoman for 350.org.<\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace Sweden also helped Thunberg during the winter by providing food and support, Morgan said, but nothing more than that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She knows she can call us, but she is very her own personality,&quot; Morgan said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#39;s pure Greta.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1507281\/greta-thunbergs-how-dare-you-a-major-moment-for-climate-movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its imperative &quot;How dare you?&quot; For world leaders at the UN, the role of Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg as the leading spokesperson of her generation on climate change, the culmination of a year of relentless persecution, say those who know her. 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