Greta Thunberg, Anna Taylor and Caroline Lucas on the new climate movement | Guardian Live 

The one and the only way I can think of to put an end to this insane system of infinite growth on a finite planet would be to make it financially worthwhile for people to start sharing the jobs we do NEED people to do and work LESS.....(it's the only way to get people to willingly work LESS because nobody would be willing to share their job and work any LESS if it meant they lose any money) There would be no such thing as a shortage of jobs if it was made worthwhile to share the work we need to have done.

It's time for change, its time for revolution! Stop the fat cats getting fatter at the expense of our world.

Who is talking in the background? Argh.

I want to do something. What can I do? - I'm shifting to a plant-based diet - I'm reducing and recycling my waste - I'm repurposing things and materials I have - I don't drive, but I get a ride a couple times per week. Should I stop those too? - I buy little clothes and pay attention to the materials and production. - I lead scouts patrols and provide them with information and support with sustainable life style choises, climate demonstrations they want to go to, and talking about political topics, among teaching other life skills. I still feel like I could do more. I'm thinking about an instagram or something where I could influence people. But I'm not sure. I haven't decided what to major in yet and I'm pretty sure it should be something similar to what I do in the scouts. But there are too many options. I don't know which one is the best.

This is on the one hand obvious and on the other hand not a noticeable part of the conversation so far on climate change: Regardless how large grassroots movements of citizens petitioning lawmakers to enact policies, we are running into one core problem which has been well researched and clear, which is that lawmakers are not and have not been for some time representing the wishes or needs of the broad population, but of wealthy oligarchic elites who support their campaigns and flood them with lobbying graft. We know this in general, but in the case of climate change this puts the wishes of the population at direct odds with the wishes of the elite, who profit by owning energy supplies and distribution, and who profit from the constant exploitation->growth dynamic made possible by fossil fuels. Until we somehow change the corruption that allows governments to entirely represent the will of the capital-owning class and not at all represent the will of the majority of the population, we cannot address climate change at all. It will be all talk and no action.

The oil industry have made themselves indispensable. If you buy synthetic clothing, you are using oil. If you buy cotton clothing, you are still using oil as modern farming methods use chemicals made from oil and gas, plus farm machinery is oil powered. Also, cotton is transported to places to turn it into cloth. Then, the cloth is delivered to garment manufacturers, then moved to retailers. Each move is diesel powered. No matter what you buy, oil is consumed to make it possible.

I eat way less meat than I used to purely to reduce my footprint. Once a month is about my average at the moment.

Lower ses level. Block Blue Ocean Event Make ice, thicken cap Risk lower sea level. Make history, Block Blue Ocean Event, we make ice layers and freeze sea water lole salt from the sea. We need Jackets! We need numbers...in and out of circle.....make ice cheaply in air temperature this year! Determine the planet's temperature XR, we decarbonize quickly.

Whether you believe in man made global climate change or believe it to be a natural occurance, we can all agree that pollution is choking the planet and we are smothering the seas with garbage. It's obvious that we need to change rapidly. No need to prove your opinion, don't divide, unite and we can solve every problem. Then we can pass on a living planet to future generations. Budah of Birmingham

I get all my doomsday climate change predictions from children

Like all the greats will tell you "I'm not a leader" I'm part of the movement.

There is communities who live in a civilized way since long time,many native cultures ,some religious,communities,but us in general want the western lifestyle go on and have pure environment at the same time and this could be impossible

We need planet Earth lawyers !

All the climate movements/people should all mail at the same time to those compagnies who create the most mess. Keep the pressure on them.

why doesnt she go to china with the same speech??????

I think Greta is right about people who are not neurotypical being at the forefront of this movement. They don't care so much about social habit and convention - they just see truth and speak out. I see society as hugely benefiting from this diversity, especially in times of crisis where group-think had blinded typical people to the vital truth. Evolution has favoured people like Greta for a reason, and we see it now more than ever.

This shows passionate concern for our future but we are going in the wrong direction! The earth is currently cooling, just look at the record low temperatures and snow volumes in the Northern Hemisphere this winter. This snow is currently melting in the US, resulting in record flooding with corresponding livestock and grain losses. We should be focusing on how we are going to grow enough food to feed us all in a cooling world, not how we are going to remove vital plant food from the atmosphere! CO2 has a small warming effect but is minuscule compared to the Sun’s influence and other greenhouse gasses.

Yeah taking more taxes off people will solve everything

Those that say there are too many people in this world need to.....lead by example, if you know what i mean.

Greta thank you

Thank You, Greta, for blessing us with your insights.!.!.!. You are the light for the world.!.!.!.!.

I wish, I really wish that the debate about climate change would include the debate and the statistics of wars all over the world. The damage the war industry is doing to our climate surely must be significant. All the children who have been and are killed in wars, for them the future already IS OVER! I salute you for being so much more informed, determent and active than all former generations who were and are the ones who got us into this mess in the first place. I also would like to mention Julian Assange who has been put into jail for also being a person with a high level of devotion and integrity just like you all are!

Insane leaders for an insane world

Politicians careers are short. They have no interest in long term planning. Just short term gain. Also most do not have a lifespan that will be effected by climate collapse. And crying for change "by 2030" will have them stall until the very last minute, just like with BREXIT, by which it will be too late. We need change starting this month.

The reason the Australian response was so early is because we see the results very clearly and already suffer from the affects. We have forest fires that are getting much worse and starting earlier and earlier each year and now there are towns in Australia that have very little water left and will need to bring water in in tankers very soon which means they don't have water to fight fires as well as just needing drinking water for people and stock. We lost 173 lives in a fire not that long ago; whole families burned to death in their own driveways whilst trying to get to their cars to flee. Now, 85% of our land mass is desert, in 10 years that will be 95% desert.

Such an intelligent looking man. Can you imagine ,quakers deceived by the Greta , The little Lady of FATIMA

I wonder if Brexit is actually helping with the climate change issue in one way: both issues are making it clear how poorly the current political and social system can cope with issues that challenge their values. Politicians' credibility, already very low, has been very much undermined by the chaos in the UK government and parliament over the Brexit issue - and now along comes another huge issue. Do we really think they can deal with it without some systemic change? Perhaps the public are more ready for that, in this country (the UK), because of what we've seen already. Those politicians who are most adept at sniffing out an advantage (hello Mr Gove) may be best placed to take radical action, once convinced of its necessity.

Greta is trying to say scrap the economy help each other to help the planet........we are all equal monopoly is not equality.

greta in the adult world ?????

musicians need to show up

Not attending school only harms the pupils, no one else. Stupid is as stupid does.

Encourage car free towns and cities. Make the centre of your town pedestrian friendly. Drive less - walk more. Walking is beneficial for the walker and the Earth.

Some imagine going vegan reduces the amount of oil consumed. Modern agriculture, growing vegetables, is totally oil dependent. 1. Farmers use artificial fertilisers and other agricultural chemicals made from oil and gas that enhance vegetable production. 2. Farm machinery that plant and harvest vegetables are diesel powered. 3. Transport of vegetables from farm to our local shops is also powered by diesel. The only vegetables that are not dependent on the use of oil are the ones you grow, using natural fertilisers and hard work.

Even the jugs of water on the table are there because the maintenance crews who maintain the system that brings water to our cities and towns use diesel powered trucks. Also, it's possible that some chemicals are used to make the water clean. Some water authorities use aluminium in keeping the water clean. Aluminium, alumina, is gouged from the ground with huge diesel powered machines. Yes, freshwater is also oil dependent.

It says: "to address the climate crisis". So what EXACTLY is the crisis and where? Little Ice Age? Medieval Warm Period? Holocene Maximum? WHAT exactly? For us by Lake Superior it could be increasingly colder and shorter summers. We need more firewood. Our fireflies are probably dead by now. Smelt are running one whole month later. And last three years we have fire in the woodstove every month of the year, even in July for couple of cold nights. But we still don't call it "climate crisis". Just lousy weather that may or may not change eventually. No one can change the energy output of a Sun. Not even Rain Dance or Human Sacrifice, something "environmentalists want to do.

Lower ses level. Block Blue Ocean Event Make ice, thicken cap Risk lower sea level. Make history, Block Blue Ocean Event, we make ice layers and freeze sea water lole salt from the sea. We need Jackets! We need numbers...in and out of circle.....make ice cheaply in air temperature this year! Determine the planet's temperature XR, we decarbonize quickly.

Damn, the feedbacks get annoying. Next time, get a sound techie that understands EQ.

I shouldn't spoil this touchy-feely tree-hugging moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keeps happening, despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change. But hey, relax, give the world a hug and have a nice day!

Population increase, worldwide is the economic driver. Too much land is being built on and transforming the micro-climates. Far too many cars, emitting killer exhaust fumes. Too little public transport development. Gardens paved and boarded over. Food flown in from other countries. This can all be changed.

Poor child. She lives in a culture where people think their doing a moral thing by giving this level of support to children. But it appears that it would not be so if this weren't a charade

If the world was being invaded by some alien force that threatened the existent of all biological life on the planet what do you thing would be the reaction of every country in the world. There would be panic everywhere and every country would group together to fight the threat with every action possible. Yet, here we are with exactly the same threat but yet there is no consensus on what to do about it nor are there any joint efforts that countries are willing to agree on to counter the threat. Here we are already experiencing catastrophic storms, forest fires, floods, water shortages, etc. which is only going to get worst and can not be reduced because the damage done is already permanent. Can you even imagine the potential cost associate with these climate related catastrophes that we will now experience year after year in terms of lives, property damage, and GDP. How stupid can we be!!!

what a bunch of sickos, abusing that little boy / girl for your own personal righteousness. pathetic.

Four women in the panel, not a coincidence I suppose ♀️♀️♀️♀️

If people are not doing enough to this climate crises, GUd did, and forced all of us stays at home, so he can cure the world

I would love people to start bringing Jacques Fresco's Venus Project into the discussion, we need to establish a new system that is both sustainable and for the greater good of all, and although there are flaws in his system, Fresco offers a good solid foundation to work upon.

Why is the veganism question so poorly replied?

Nice presentation however disappointed that eating plant based was not picked up whereas it's the biggest thing any individual could do to for the environment.. with a faulty argument that it should be expensive. The opposite is true. Plants are much cheaper as food than animal based products. Feeding animals and eating their flesh and secretions is a totally inefficient way to create food...and detrimental for human health.. and the environment. Go vegan! 🌱✌💚

Some Greatest Female Geniuses of all time: Emmeline Pankhurst "Deeds not words" - (1858 - 1928) Laura Bassi - 1732 Florence Nightingale - 1883 Marie Curie - Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 and Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911. *Rachel Louise Carson* - (1907 - 1964) Greta Thunberg - ( Active 2018 - present)

Wouldn't be a climate change summit without a few jabs at your political opponents!

Greta Thunasperg. The Master of Muppets.

It’s more like a bowel movement 💩

Gretty knew nothing then and knows even less now

I like to now mor bt you

We all with g ..and will stand behind her until she will success..

Sadly the people in charge will take no notice and take no action because it's not in our interests to do it

Nature doesn’t just get angry, she gets even.. Let’s stand for something, know more, volunteer, & mobilize in action & speak up.

The only way to show that we're serious is to stop consuming

I wish the volume on the microphone was increased. Can someone adjust the recording and repost it?

Greta is the only person in the world who should be allowed to constantly fly around the world, her giant co2 footprint is only a small reflection of her old soul.

HOW DARE YOU, BRANDON.!!!!!!

Little weido

Thanks 👍 darling 💕

I have a poem that I dedicated to Greta but I don't know how to reach her. Can anyone help me?

go vegan

ROLL ON GLOBAL WARMING

So the world going to end in about 11 years that sucks.💩

*Plant Trees*

What does a type 2 diabetic do when looking for vegetarian or vegan food? I need low-carb stuff basically, but every meal can't consist of salad leaves and mycoprotein (I hope). I look at, say, vegeburgers in the shops, and I see that a single patty contains around 21 to 28 g of carbs. A safe limit for me is 12 g, but in practice that is very difficult to achieve all the time and I generally settle for about 20 g per meal. This is obviously easier to achieve with meat or fish as the main (or interesting) component. However, I accept that it would be preferable for several reasons to at least change the emphasis in my diet, and I push it in the veg/veg direction most of the time, in fact, but there don't seem to be many products out there that suit. I don't do much proper cooking, I would add, due to laziness and a considerable lack of time and skill. I grill, bake as is, microwave or heat in a saucepan.

How dare you

For the first time, I disagree, respectfully, with Greta: about the individual footprint, that is intertwined with what the corporations do in the big systems. That question about who should act is a red herring, a trap to make people choose between the right or the left hand when we need both. The system which needs to be changed is an intricate network of individual and corporate scale of damaging, i.e, if people don't stop or reduce eating meat, the agribusiness won't bother to educate people to do it because their profit is their only goal, and if people don't understand how they play their role in the ecology system and the environmental crisis, of which the climate is the most menacing right now as scientists point out (there are others going along, like the mass extinction of species threatening crops and public health with pandemics), why bother after all? It's a system crisis, not only climatic or ecological. It's the capitalism and its Extractivism and surplus value machinery taking its toll on the main source of profit, which is the Nature, because the capitalist system has reached its climax. If we lose the opportunity to educate people, and ourselves, as a whole to the way ecology works and how and why we need to change, top (corporations and countries as a macrosystem) to the bottom (we as individuals which are part of that macrosystem and who have big impact when our footprint is combined, after all, we are 7 billion of individuals!, more or less daily. eating, using water and producing waste), the crisis will only be put ahead of us to come back, maybe, stronger and harder to fight. So, I think, as Einstein said about Science and Religion, it's not a choice of one between the two but the correct and balanced relationship between them. And I think that we can and need to work the two together, at the same time, just because in real life they are not separate. What is happening with this ecological and climate crisis is a lesson Nature is giving us about her system, in which everyone has your part, duty, and rights, and have to do it proportionately. It's a lesson of real democracy and justice. Let's not lose it and fall for that trap because it's only to postpone the problem, which is the way humans deal with their primary source of life and sustaining, Nature. For me, it's not only for my surviving desire if that is achieved with the letting go of the rest. As Greta said, it's a holistic thing also in the sharing of responsibilities, proportionately, of course. And who knows, try to show the proportional impact of everybody, as individuals, countries, social classes, businesses, life-death styles, maybe help people to be more conscious and responsible for their own share and to put pressure on everyone else is screwing things up. That would help too in the scientific dissemination/diffusion about what citizens can and must do in their private houses and at the public ones, such as parliaments. Sampa/SP, Brasil - 26/04/2019 - 23:44 (GMT -3) - alterado 27/04/2019 - 00:10 (GMT - 3).

Why is China #1 world manufacturer not included? Also how are Bunker Fuel Ships being addressed? What are you doing about the particulates that hold in solar energy close to surface of the earth? 0-41 in eight years this too will be on the 0-42 side powerful narrative that fails to address the three listed question.

"In peril also grows what will save"- F. Holderlin. There is so much pressure on Greta. She may crack or become a diamond, hope for the latter. We had Trumpards and Bolsonaros rise in front of our noses: old, irresponsible, egotistical, disgraceful...the dark side of humankind. That dark force created this rebel from nowhere representing a new young hope maybe the last one; the Antigone of Greece, the Jeane d'Arc liberator, and she has just shut down the crazy reckless music we were all dancing to. Some feel guilty others annoyed. I don't like messiah characters but it was almost inevitable, it was getting too crazy.

Greta Thunberg's fifth great cousin is Svante Arrhenis the father of the greenhouse theory and her father was named after him. Kids being propped up.

If we transfer the £10,5 Billion of fossil fuel subsidies p/a ( UK) onto renewables, and to fund the roll out across the country of Photo Bio Reactors( PBR) to grow Carbon Sequestering Alge Bio Fuel. So turning the world’s vehicles into Carbon Sequesters!. We could be off Fossil fuels for both energy and fuel in just 3-5 years, and create millions of local climate saving jobs. Then ‘all, we need to do is introduce an Eco land management points system that financially incentivises low impact living, food forests, small scale organic farming, wildlife habitat regeneration and conservation!. They would be my two climate saving Demands, and if acted upon we would see a fast transition off fossil fuels.

Minor to point it out but, yay, water in glass pitchers with glass cups! No plastic bottles there. Make that the norm.

A brilliant panel but can't help think this would be better with sound. If you want to convince the older generations you're going to have to turn up the volume.

Where do you start......... Try reading the work of Cory Morningstar.

If only our Greens would let us use nuclear power like Sweden .

😂😂😂🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑

She is right about one thing and one thing only. Facts does not matter in this society. Why do you think they use a child to push their agenda? It's emontional manipulation and nothing else.

And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds; are immune to your consultations, they are quite aware of what they are going through - David Bowie (Breakfast club)

The average mental age of AGW climate change activists is 16

"People and Planet before profit" YES!

The entire room probably smells of Patchouli

Well Greta can cancel Chile they don t other price raises

"In a movement, everyone is equally important" I hope everyone becomes part of this movement. Join a climate ACTION movement or organization so that your concern is turned into bold immediate corrective policy. Don't look back at this time in the future and realize you were watching and not fighting hard.

Greta: "I want you to panic" me: "I want you to calm down and go to your room. Then go back to school, so maybe some day you'll understand what you are talking about and will not blindly believe everything you are told."

For goodness what will they try next to manipulate the public will they shove a blind kitten on stage!

Could be a speech by Stalin. You can't help naive people.

Greta you are amazing well done you , you have started a movement, I salute you 🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌄🌄🌄💎👽👽

When you think about the nature of this and that the SUV is just something which cannot be privately owned or sold anymore it shows how much we need this to snowball fast in order to create a really powerful group across age ranges which is attractive for a politician to build and aim a manifesto at. Base your votes on this and it will become the norm requirement for any politician.

What pathetic people dislike these videos!? Really!

It's wonderful to see Quakers in Britain sponsor this important event!

Every single living thing leaves a carbon footprint. Some people's carbon footprint is a million to one. You either believe in climate change or you don't. If you do, then you must act. The European's can do all they want but if the American's, Chinese, Indians etc don't change their environmental approach then we are doomed.

This is what happens to your brain when you don't eat meat.

i live here in NW france. each time i go out, to visit what was a favorite tree for giant pine cones i used as bird feeders...a string of oaks where i found bolete mushrooms...a small forest where i observed rabbits and birds, many plants that fed bees and also many types of mushrooms...i find they are cutting trees. they have cut down an orchard that existed in a community garden in one of the only 2 large (a hectare ) green spaces in my town, Laval. why? to build housing. they took a previously green space that was lovely to ride the bikes thru and have cut all the trees? why? to build ECO homes. meanwhile, buildings sit empty for months into years here, decaying because no one lives in them. cares for them. we have plenty of empty housing. what we have are greedy landlords who prefer to not rent, over taking less. france isn't moving at all in the right direction. i hear they will cut the last of the old trees in the center of town to put up a 4 story shopping mall. it is a tree massacre. and it is constant, endless and france lies when they say they care. they know the science. they are doing something. they're not. all they are doing are turning an increasingly more violent police force loose upon the citizens.

still all talk and no do

She's an X-Men she's the power

So nice to see The Guardian hosting this important issue...much better than how you treated Ed Snowden and Jullian Assange..shameful considering the importance of what they have disclosed.

Is this an interview with climate change activists or a planning session for the Democratic Socialists?