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appalachiablue

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Fri Feb 22, 2019, 02:29 AM Feb 2019

*Greta Thunberg: Youth Climate Activist's Speech To EU Wins $1 TRILLION Pledge



(7:30 mins). "We've started to clean up your mess." Feb. 21, Greta Thunberg Speech to the EU on Climate Change Urgency, Brussels, Belgium. 'Kicking Ass for Her Generation': Applause for 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg as EU Chief Pledges $1 Trillion to Curb Climate Threat. "Greta Thunberg, literally changing the world."

16 YO climate action leader Greta Thunberg stood alongside European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker Thursday in Brussels as he indicated—after weeks of climate strikes around the world inspired by the Swedish teenager—that the European Union has heard the demands of young people and pledged more than $1 trillion over the next 7 years to address the crisis of a rapidly heating planet.

In the financial period beginning in 2021, Juncker said, the EU will devote a quarter of its budget to solving the crisis. "Every fourth euro spent within the EU budget will go towards action to mitigate climate change," Juncker said. The plan will amount to about €1 trillion (or $1.13 trillion) spent over seven years, according to Reuters.

> Juncker was among those who praised the tireless advocacy of Thunberg and others of her generation, hundreds of thousands of whom have captured the attention of the world—and their governments—by staging weekly climate strikes since December. "I am glad to see that young people are taking to the streets in Europe to raise visibility of the issue of climate change," the Commission president said.

> As Juncker was announcing the proposal, more than 12,000 students were marching through Brussels and other Belgian cities once again, demanding that political leaders take seriously the warning of climate scientists and experts, who say if carbon emissions aren't cut drastically, humans will not be able to keep the warming of the globe under 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2030.
> If urgent action not taken, they warn, the result will include disastrous sea level rise, more extreme weather events, increasing humanitarian crises, species loss, threatened water supplies, and untold economic costs. MORE,

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/21/kicking-ass-her-generation-applause-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-eu-chief-pledges-1



EU Press Conference, Feb. 21, 2019.



Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg led the 7th students' climate strike in the last 7 weeks in Brussels on Thursday.
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*Greta Thunberg: Youth Climate Activist's Speech To EU Wins $1 TRILLION Pledge (Original Post) appalachiablue Feb 2019 OP
Thanks appalachiablue for posting... Magoo48 Feb 2019 #1
I posted this in Video too, so it's around and we'll see. TY. appalachiablue Feb 2019 #2

Magoo48

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1. Thanks appalachiablue for posting...
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 05:19 AM
Feb 2019

The silence here is troubling. A powerful grassroots movement led by a charismatic young woman challenging and pushing the world’s stuffy and stagnant status quo into action on the most overwhelming, immediate challenge humanity has ever faced with nothing less than the survival of our species at stake. And, crickets? Perhaps all the action is happening on another thread about this, I’ll take a look.

appalachiablue

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2. I posted this in Video too, so it's around and we'll see. TY.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 07:55 AM
Feb 2019

What a remarkable accomplishment for Greta receiving that level of acclaim and support in addition to her successful advocacy work with youth groups in Europe.

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