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Climate activist Greta Thunberg declines environmental award @ 2019-10-30T12: 返回 熱門新聞
關鍵詞:Greta Thunberg
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THE SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT AN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD, SAYING THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT NEEDED PEOPLE IN POWER TO START TO 「LISTEN」 TO 「SCIENCE」 AND NOT AWARDS.
IN JUST ONE WEEK, SHE INSPIRED GLOBAL PROTESTS, MEAN-MUGGED PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND CHASTISED WORLD LEADERS AT THE UNITED NATIONS. DAVID WALLACE-WELLS, EDITOR AT NEW YORK MAGAZINE, EXPLAINS THE RISE OF GRETA THUNBERG.
— GRETA THUNBERG (@GRETATHUNBERG) OCTOBER 29, 2019
THE GLOBAL STRIKE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 WAS THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN HISTORY. THE MOVEMENT THAT STARTED WITH SWEDISH TEENAGER GRETA THUNBERG IN AUGUST 2018 HAS NOW MOBILISED MILLIONS, WHILE EXTINCTION REBELLION AND OTHER PROTEST GROUPS HAVE ESCALATED THEIR CAMPAIGNS ON STREETS AROUND THE WORLD. FROM THE EFFORTS OF ACTIVISTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, RADICAL 「GREEN NEW DEALS」 ARE EMERGING AS A BOLD, POLITICAL RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
IN GRETA THUNBERG』S CASE, THE ROLE OF SWEDISH EDUCATION IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. AT 11, AFTER WATCHING A VIDEO ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE OCEANS, THUNBERG GOT INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AND GLOBAL WARMING. HER CONCERN TURNED INTO ANXIETY AND A STRONG DEPRESSION, AND THE GIRL WAS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASPERGER SYNDROM (A FORM OF AUTISM THAT USUALLY MANIFESTS IN LIMITED INTERESTS AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR), OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD), AND SELECTIVE MUTISM.
HENRIK URDAL, DIRECTOR OF PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO, WHO WRITES A WIDELY CITED PEACE PRIZE SHORTLIST EVERY YEAR, IS ONE OF THOSE WHO IS DOUBTFUL ABOUT THUNBERG』S CHANCES. HE DOES, THOUGH, THINK IT』S LIKELY THE PRIZE COULD RECOGNIZE THE 「CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.」 ASIDE FROM THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT, THE MOST GLOBALLY VISIBLE YOUTH-LED MOVEMENT OF 2019 HAS BEEN HONG KONG』S PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS.
HE PREFERS TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE CONDITION. “IN MY FIELD, BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER FACTS AND FIGURES IS AN ASSET AND I HAVE TO SAY, RATHER LIKE GRETA [THUNBERG], I SEE MY ASPERGER’S AS A GIFT, THOUGH SOMETIMES IT’S A GIFT THAT YOU UNWRAP AND IT ISN’T WHAT YOU WANT, THAT’S THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.”
IN AN ENLIGHTENED ADMINISTRATION, THE REMARKABLE 16-YEAR-OLD CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG MIGHT BE IN LINE TO RECEIVE THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, WHICH WAS INITIATED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO HONOR THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENDEAVORS. THE BESTOWING OF SUCH AN AWARD ON ONE LIKE THUNBERG WILL NEVER HAPPEN UNDER DONALD TRUMP.
MS. THUNBERG, THE 16-YEAR-OLD SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST WHO HAD BEEN WIDELY TIPPED TO WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ON FRIDAY (SHE DID NOT), HAS ELECTRIFIED MILLIONS OF STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD WITH HER CLIMATE SCHOOL-STRIKE MOVEMENT. THE STRIKES, ALONG WITH THE EXTINCTION REBELLION』S CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN, ARE AIMED AT COMPELLING GOVERNMENTS AND BIG POLLUTERS TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE, AND ARE DOING A CREDIBLE JOB IN TURNING THE OIL COMPANIES INTO PARIAHS.
THIS HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT NOW THE MOVEMENT』S GLOBAL LEADER IS SWEDISH TEENAGER GRETA THUNBERG. SO MIDDLE-AGED MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMEN FIND THEMSELVES SAYING 「THIS GIRL IS A SICKENING NARCISSISTIC DISRUPTIVE MENACE OBSESSED WITH HER OWN IMAGE, AS I AGREED WITH MY GOOD FRIEND DONALD TRUMP」.

 

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