Greta Thunberg Pops off at UN Leaders: ‘I Should Be Back in School ... You’ve Stolen My Dreams’

MODERATOR What s your ░░░░░░░░ to world leaders today ░░░░░░░░ My message is that ░░░░░░░░ will be watching you ░░░░░░░░ This is all wrong ░░░░░░░░ shouldn t be standing ░░░░░░░░ I should be back ░░░░░░░░ school on the other ░░░░░░░░ of the ocean Yet ░░░░░░░░ all come to me ░░░░░░░░ hope How dare you ░░░░░░░░ have stolen my dreams ░░░░░░░░ my childhood with your ░░░░░░░░ words And yet I ░░░░░░░░ one of the lucky ░░░░░░░░ People are suffering People ░░░░░░░░ dying Entire ecosystems are ░░░░░░░░ We are in the ░░░░░░░░ of a mass extinction ░░░░░░░░ all you can talk ░░░░░░░░ is money and fairytales ░░░░░░░░ eternal economic growth How ░░░░░░░░ you Applause For more ░░░░░░░░ 30 years the science ░░░░░░░░ been crystal clear How ░░░░░░░░ you continue to look ░░░░░░░░ and come here saying ░░░░░░░░ you are doing enough ░░░░░░░░ the politics and solutions ░░░░░░░░ are still nowhere in ░░░░░░░░ You say you hear ░░░░░░░░ and that you understand ░░░░░░░░ urgency But no matter ░░░░░░░░ sad and angry I ░░░░░░░░ I don t want ░░░░░░░░ believe that Because if ░░░░░░░░ fully understood the situation ░░░░░░░░ still kept on failing ░░░░░░░░ act then you would ░░░░░░░░ evil And that I ░░░░░░░░ to believe The popular ░░░░░░░░ of cutting our emissions ░░░░░░░░ half in 10 years ░░░░░░░░ gives us a 50 ░░░░░░░░ chance of staying below ░░░░░░░░ 5C degrees and the ░░░░░░░░ of setting off irreversible ░░░░░░░░ reactions beyond human control ░░░░░░░░ 50 percent is acceptable ░░░░░░░░ you But those numbers ░░░░░░░░ t include tipping points ░░░░░░░░ feedback loops additional warming ░░░░░░░░ by toxic air pollution ░░░░░░░░ the aspects of justice ░░░░░░░░ equity They also rely ░░░░░░░░ my and my generation ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of billions of ░░░░░░░░ of your CO2 out ░░░░░░░░ the air with technologies ░░░░░░░░ barely exist So a ░░░░░░░░ percent risk is simply ░░░░░░░░ acceptable to us we ░░░░░░░░ have to live with ░░░░░░░░ consequences To have a ░░░░░░░░ percent chance of staying ░░░░░░░░ a 1 5C global ░░░░░░░░ rise the best odds ░░░░░░░░ by the Intergovernmental Panel ░░░░░░░░ Climate Change the world ░░░░░░░░ 420 gigatonnes of carbon ░░░░░░░░ left to emit back ░░░░░░░░ 1 January 2018 Today ░░░░░░░░ figure is already down ░░░░░░░░ less than 350 gigatonnes ░░░░░░░░ dare you pretend that ░░░░░░░░ can be solved with ░░░░░░░░ as usual and some ░░░░░░░░ solutions With today s ░░░░░░░░ levels that remaining CO2 ░░░░░░░░ will be entirely gone ░░░░░░░░ less than eight and ░░░░░░░░ half years There will ░░░░░░░░ be any solutions or ░░░░░░░░ presented in line with ░░░░░░░░ figures today Because these ░░░░░░░░ are too uncomfortable And ░░░░░░░░ are still not mature ░░░░░░░░ to tell it like ░░░░░░░░ is You are failing ░░░░░░░░ But the young people ░░░░░░░░ starting to understand your ░░░░░░░░ The eyes of all ░░░░░░░░ generations are upon you ░░░░░░░░ if you choose to ░░░░░░░░ us I say we ░░░░░░░░ never forgive you Applause ░░░░░░░░ will not let you ░░░░░░░░ away with this Right ░░░░░░░░ right now is where ░░░░░░░░ draw the line The ░░░░░░░░ is waking up And ░░░░░░░░ is coming whether you ░░░░░░░░ it or not Thank ░░░░░░░░ Cheering and Applause)