OPINION: Now is the time to panic, but not for the reasons you think | MelanieVerwoerd
Melanie Verwoerd"I don't want your hope. I want you to panic."When a 16-year-old says these words, I believe all adults should sit up and listen. Even more so when the teenager says it calmly, yet with a sense of urgency at the World Economic Forum at Davos.
There is no question anymore that the world is heating up – fast. As Greta puts it:"Our house is on fire." If we don't act immediately through a massive global effort we are heading for a total catastrophe.According to the IPCC we are 12 years away from a point where we can no longer undo our mistakes. At that point the earth will reach a 1.5 degrees increase in temperature and it will continue to rise beyond that if drastic action is not taken immediately.
And let me repeat we will be there in 12 years from now.At this stage those who understand climate change do not talk much beyond 2050, because they know that human beings could by then face a survival crisis never before experienced."I will only be 47 years old in 2050", says Greta Thunberg."Half of my life expectancy. What happens then?"
The #FridaysforFuture campaign was formed and young people all over the world started to stay away from school and protesting outside parliaments on Fridays. This Friday in particular, tens of thousands of children in more than 70 countries globally will be going on a school strike and march to government buildings as part of the campaign started by Greta.
"Many people said that I should be studying to become a marine biologist to 'solve the climate crisis'," she says."But why should I study for a future that would not exist?"
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