Teenager’s Speech On Climate Change May Change The World As She Tells Politicians To Panic

A teenager from Sweden wants her leaders to know, the earth is doomed, and unless action is taken now, we have much to fear.

Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg.

Greta Thunberg, 16, gave a rousing speech to the European Parliament on the disastrous effects of climate change. Her message was simple.

“I want you to panic,” Thunberg told the room of politicians. “I want you to act as if the house is on fire. I have said those words before, and a lot of people have explained why that is a bad idea. A great number of politicians have told me that panic never leads to anything good, and I agree. To panic, unless you have to, is a terrible idea. But when your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground, then that does require some level of panic …”

Thunberg added an ultimatum, just to be sure her leaders got the message.

Read the story from The Earth site by Matthew Russell - “Teenager’s Speech On Climate Change May Change The World As She Tells Politicians To Panic.”

Call to arms: how can Australia avoid a slow and painful decline?

Australia is at a crossroads. Drift towards a future of slow decline economically and socially or, if action is taken now to address our most important challenges, create a future of greater prosperity for all, globally competitive industries and a sustainable environment.

Dr Ken Henry says the Australian National Outlook report
 aims to ‘help kickstart a national conversation about
where Australia is heading’. 

That is the conclusion of a major report bringing together the thinking of more than 50 leaders in business, academia, NGOs and the community sector, working with the CSIRO to model alternative futures for Australia. The report is described as a “clarion call” for the nation.

The Australian National Outlook 2019, two years in the making, aims to “help kickstart a national conversation about where Australia is heading”, says its co-chair, Dr Ken Henry, the chairman of the National Australia Bank and former secretary of the Treasury department.

Read the story from The Guardian by Gay Alcorn - “Call to arms: how can Australia avoid a slow and painful decline?”