(Anna Langford, 17, is a
Melbourne student. She originally posted this open letter on Facebook)
Dear World
Leaders,
I was nine when I first heard about climate change, and the
idea scared me so much that I ran to my room and cried. My parents were arguing
about it one night, and the "global warming" they were talking about
that would melt the icecaps and flood the coastlines seized my whole little
body in fear like I don't think I'd ever felt it before.
I could barely comprehend the sheer enormity of what they
were talking about.
But surely if it was such a big problem, leaders would be
doing something about it? I knew it was the job of big adults to fix problems
like global warming, and if it was such an obviously urgent problem then they
would surely be on top of it.
Read Anna’s letter - “Young voices cry for global action on climate change.”
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