Greta Thunberg urges MEPs to ‘panic like the house is on fire’
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Published 2019-04-16
In another impressive speech to EU officials, this time in front of the Parliament’s environment committee, Thunberg told MEPs that “I want you to act like the house is on fire. I want you to panic.”
The activist acknowledged that “some parties don’t want me here today because they so desperately don’t want to talk about climate breakdown” but reiterated that “it’s ok if you ignore me but you can’t ignore the science”.
Drawing parallels with Monday night’s tragic inferno that ripped through the roof of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral, Thunberg hoped “that our civilisation’s foundations are even stronger than Notre-Dame’s. I fear that they are not.”
She added that “if the house was falling apart, you wouldn’t waste time arguing about Brexit” and that “permanent and unprecedented changes” are needed, including making sure that emissions are cut by at least 50% by 2030. The current target is 40%.
All Comments (21)
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Can we just address that these leaders are just playing with their phones...
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Imagine if she asked them to panic like the house was on fire and they just got up screaming and fled the room
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When she says that she’s 16 it sounds like it’s 60
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"I am 60 years old" 😂😂😂
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They all stand up and clap moved by her speech and then what? are they really going to do something?
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I wonder how many of those clappers flew to that “parliament” in business class ✈️⛽️🍾
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I'm 60 y/o
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It's so obvious that none of what she reads from her script are her own words.
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can those people in the audience get off their phones like wtf
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This is sureal!!...can you imagine a 16 year old telling world leaders what too do???...let's get our thing together!!...
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Watching this I found myself more panicked than inspired. If those politicians were really moved they wouldn't be giving her a standing ovation.They'd be too shocked to even know how to respond. They are just giving a response that will appease the public.
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Wish we could go back and let her grow up normally as possible- look where she is now
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"The good thing about science is that it's true whether you believe in it or not."
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Supposed World leaders being scolded by a child. That's funny. This shows just how useless the UN has become. 😂😂
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She looks pretty young for 60 years.
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When she started crying it was hilarious just to think people have been taken in by this bs
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“I come from Sweden and I want you to panic!” This says it all. LOL!
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But carbon taxes, what will the EU do with out carbon taxes!!!!!
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Someone should challenge this girl to do a full speech at least 30 minutes unrehearsed and unscripted to see if she can actually speak for herself and not repeat what someone else said.
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why these adults allowing her to do so
