Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people, to give them hope, but I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is.
— Greta Thunberg Contemporary

Climate activist

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Speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

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2019

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Shocking

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