Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Arrives in NYC to Fight “Biggest Crisis Humanity Has Ever Faced”
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2019
- Following weeks of anticipation, Swedish climate justice activist Greta Thunberg arrived on the shores of Lower Manhattan Wednesday afternoon after a 15-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in an emissions-free yacht. She was welcomed on land by hundreds of supporters at the North Cove Marina. As Thunberg’s yacht sailed over the horizon and past the Statue of Liberty, youth climate activists chanted “The sea levels are rising, and so are we!” and “We are unstoppable! Another world is possible!” The 16-year-old climate activist is kickstarting a months-long tour of the Americas. For her first action, she will be joining New York students climate-striking outside the U.N. Friday morning. She will then take to the streets for a massive climate march in New York City on September 20, followed by two U.N. climate summits here. In December, she will attend the COP25 climate summit in Santiago, Chile. We hear highlights of Greta’s first speech and news conference upon arriving in New York City and speak to her father Svante, as well as New York youth climate activists Alexandria Villaseñor and Xiye Bastida.
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My God. It is terribly sad that young teenagers are spending their time fighting for their future. I'm proud of them all, but wish they could just be kids. Shame on us all.
Compared to those kids who fought for their futures eight decades ago, Greta is having the time of her life, and faces no danger of being killed in the process.
@@stephenarling1667
It`s wonderful to read such "positive comments". When were you having the time of your life lately?
@@lechat8533 Attention-seeking comes naturally to teens, and she obviously enjoys this attention. More power to her! Thankfully, I haven't been a teen in over half a century.
Shame abusing childeren for propaganda , shame on the UN sponsoring this show.
tinylilmatt
Adults had done jack-shit to actually spread this message until she came along. I would argue it’s even more sad that so called grown-up needs to be schooled by teenagers in order to take mature action. What a sad species we’ve become.
Out of the mouth of babes. Greta is a young, powerful climate activist that makes it simple that we need to act now. There is no time to waste. Her statement that the climate crisis caused depression is real. She is the face of what activism looks like. Bless her and those she inspires to act, including me.
The real problem of mankind is overpopulation .
There will be a limit in how maney people the earth can sustain.
Never heard this from Greta , a girl abused for propaganda for the marxistic politics of the UN.
Childeren abused for propaganda ,their parents should be ashamed.
god bless
most observe
@@barta9342
unfortunately you and I I agree with the Illuminati... The population is exploding.... humans are too successful at creating more humans... Not successful enough at feeding and providing for our billions... Incompetent politicians in Washington DC have allowed America to go into 22. 5 trillion dollars worth of bond debt..
chances are the debt will shred the economy before a massive storm wipes out the grid... Or pollution suffocates us... or food runs out...or water runs out... or oil runs out...or O2 runs out... or china owns us..
@@duggydugg3937 I like the way you put it.
Anyway there are to maney incompetent goverments and most of them are member of the marxistic orientated United Nations with one goal: total equality.
At best this will be equality in poverty for all , or will they dicede to make a exception for themelves ? Flying first class around the world , big cars ,in expensive hotels , some prostitutes , liquer/cocktails /drugs/ rock and roll Giving others a bad example so the others can do it better ?????
@@barta9342
I think it's worse than narcissistic... I think most governments are Criminal... I think most governments are under the domination of criminal central banks... For example the United States borrows all of its spending money... that is insane... the resulting debt is now over $22. 5 trillion dollars... escalating wildly !!!
when treasury defaults on the bond debt ,created by borrowing, shitastrophe
This is the only thing I can be proud of as a swede. Thank you GT! Global strike for the planet!!!
@@humility1st Should be obvious. Sorry if I can't explain it to you. My best attempt would be "well, there are no other people who inspire, speak truth to power and has vision like her" I feel no further need to try and explain my statement to you. However I can add that, organizing and calling for a global strike is something really unique, and should be applauded and supported fully, if this argument fails to explain why I am proud of Greta and the climate movement, idk what will.
@tinylilmatt We do not agree on a lot of, things I can tell. I don't think there is such a prevalent attitude here. This is a very small and isolated country in a much much larger world. I have traveled most of the world, and to be honest, there is not much that uniquely positive about Swedish culture or mannerism. Things are pretty much similar all over. With that said, there are numerous instances of cultures that have more hospitality and open mindedness. Sweden was largely abandoned during the turn of last century, and upon til then, we had lived on small farms, quite isolated from each other, with much suspicion and distrust among each other. We have not been good at integrating refugees that have come here, we are not very verbal and not very pedagogic. There are lot's of small things, and natural things that I am proud of here, but not these grand things that we pride ourselves on in general.
@tinylilmatt I get it, you are afraid of Muslims. Perhaps not realizing that we have the same problems in our culture and populace as the peoples you are referring to. But hey I get it, no one wants trouble at home, and when it comes from "strangers" it is more troubling and it seems like it's all "their" fault. It's a very simplistic take on a much more complicated situation, but again, I get it. All you can do is try your best to be a good human being to all you interact with. Can't judge someone on their heritage or culture or religion. But there will be trouble when large number of people are abused in war and systematic oppression from religious fanatics, and have to move from their homes. Everyone suffers in this life - tough shit.
welcome to america greta, we are with you! please come on democracy now! you will be with family. greta makes a wonderful point not to get depressed but to turn that emotion into action, don't go down without a fight!
Aho!!
Greta Thunberg is super inspirational regardless and in spite of her age. She has inspired tens of thousands of people, if not millions. If someone doesn't like her or calls her names, it reflects a LOT MORE on that person than on Greta. :P .... I wonder if Goen Farqyaselph has ever positively inspired anyone...... let alone inspiring tens of thousands of people. Hashtag, if you don't have anything nice to say, it's better to not way anything at all, troll.
@@adammason4554 The village idiot has arrived on the scene
I love her . She is so pure and determined. The future belongs to her generation.
I hope she gets a Nobel Prize--she deserves it!
Walt Whitman, "I and mine do not convince by arguments: we convince by our presence." It's not just what she says, her defense of science, but what she incarnates, that's so compelling. Who she is.
More guts in this kid than all of MAGA combined.
She's been brainwashed, nothing but child abuse!
4:05 I love Amy’s genuine enthusiasm and excitement
Well done Amy. Great interview with the young lady at the end. I remember going through the exact same depression about the climate when I was 8, like Greta, but this was in 1988. I too became active and stayed active into my 20s, but then stopped fighting because I was too sick. The words and, importantly, the actions of this new generation are inspiring to me and make me feel like the torch is still lit. Ring the bells that still can ring.
@paul8kangas
He???
this is how greenwashing media works .. focusing extremely - on one angel, one institution and one fear...
Yatch or some Tesla Boat, this is lame media hegemony = bullshit.
Leave the little girl alone to do her thing, her mission ....
Hounding her every word and step is NOT GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD.
What are you (we) doing about it?
Your bravery and determination are a gift to our planet. Thank you and welcome to the US Greta!! ❤️
Thanks to Greta for being an example and getting kids involved in climate change issue. First action should be STOP all the wars around the world in order to start dealing with climate change
Its time to focus on the people starting the wars, the religious fanatics, and corrupt leaders from countries that dont respect human rights.
tinylilmatt it’s our fault if they don’t care. We don’t educate our kids properly. We are lazy and naive.We expect they’ll learn everything at school. Wrong! Education starts at home. So before blaming kids we should question our way to bring them up.
Climate change is a fact : the laws of Milankovic. The global warming started 18,000 years ago.
Love and peace are the solution onley make love with preventives ; the exploding worldpopulation is for certain man made. There will be limits in how many the earth can sustain.
Ham to ke tjahila , god bless
How ?
I find it so ironic that while the Amazon is (NEEDLESSLY) burning, a principled, determined 16 year-old makes the case for climate action, completely surrounded by water.
Thank you Democracy Now for covering and posting this.
In Australia we have the the same problem with our politicians. They are waging a war against wind power.
In both countries its the Evangelists that are anti progress and Australia voted for a stupid Evangelist as Prime Minister
Anything for capitalism. Until we get off this blatantly moronic system, not much we can do unfortunately.
@@nevadataylor The problem is that most Americans dont understand the different systems Capitalism was when the family business was thriving today its not Capitalism its Corporatism a soulless entity that enslaves all its workers. China is Capitalist because most of its businesses are family owned
Well done Greta! Rachael Carson would be so proud of you and all of your followers. Great coverage Amy.
It is incredible how in-tune with our world these young people are.! On the other hand, we have world leaders such as Trump and Bolsonaro who, given the power to do what is rightly by ALL of us, instead choose to doom us in the name of greed and power.! This world is upside down. The old, blind, and stupid rulers must give way to a generation of visionaries who, despite their tender age, see the world as ONE vital force, intertwined, inseparable. Our survival is at stake. May they succeed immensely.
Welcome Greta! Well done students in New York! Godspeed! We have no time to lose so let's do this! 🙏💖🌧🌧🌧🌍🌎🌏🌍🌧🌧🌧🌧💖🙏
She's my hero! JahJah child ...
What an incredible little girl she is! Fighting for science and against the climatechange - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?
She is just a small kid but she is smarter and more grown up than many older people I have met in my life so far.
Mr Trump would be just one example of a human being who is older than 16 ... and is impossible to be taken seriously, on a "grown-up-scale".
Smarter ? She doesn't have any idea of what she is talking about. She is a puppet of globalist . If the entire world where to follow Greta's policies then entire world economy would have collapsed.
⛵Greta the Great🗽❣
Much support to you from Germany🌍
Thank you Amy! Heja Greta stå på Dig!
Every time I hear or see anything about her I tear up...Sad that a 16 year old has more spine than 90% of our Politicians. She's pretty amazing.
its more like 99%
@@bingochoice Bernie... the 1% Lol sounds like an oxymoron.
@@rekehavok13able exactly
@tinylilmatt lol Where did u hear she's flying back? Fox news lol Boats following her? Never saw one shot during the trip from a support boat. I think your just a troll hater that is petaling miss information and heresay. I tear up when people like you who are doing nothing but sitting back and criticize people on the front lines pushing for change.
@tinylilmatt Lol So no one as seen the support boats you claim were there lol But they're there lol common you see how that doesn't prove anything. Flying home? How do u know that? Where's your scource. Dude everything your saying is heresy with no facts to back it up....yet im the naive one lol Literally nothing you've said is true or based in fact. You assume she's flying home...you assume there were boats...your a 🤡.
If we all ate off small farms, there’d be no more large scale agriculture, which itself would balance the atmosphere.
How?
Well, small farms produce much more food per acre - so we’d use a lot less land to farm, allowing native ecosystems to sequester carbon into the unused land.
Small farms produce food with far fewer units of fuel used per pound of food.
Small farms sink carbon faster than native ecosystems - large farms burn off thousands of years of stored soil carbon (to atmosphere), and slowly degrade surrounding land.
Large farms grow large crops, which need distributed far and wide to make a profit (hard to find a local buyer for hundreds of tons of corn all at once). This uses a shitload of energy. Small farms must sell locally.
When you consider that main sources of fossil fuel are shipping and loss of soil carbon/land degradation, it becomes obvious that farming is the low-hanging fruit (and also traditional construction methods, but that’s a different story. Concrete uses 30% of the worlds fossil fuels and is depleting the world’s building-quality sand).
Unless we give up capitalism, the rest is pointless.
What a great dad!
Coming here to America to help the Children of America to become WOKE
She’s an inspiration, “you’re never too small to make a difference”. And her father is great too! I just hope she doesn’t get shot or ill over there!
How in the hell is her English so good?
English is commonly taught as a second language in Sweden. Greta's intelligence let her pick up many quirks of the language.
It will be the millennial 's and women who finally change the world!!!!
All American adults are to busy watching family Guy while the children are being attacked and standing up
Good on her and all these young activists! They are more useful and mature than all Trump cultists
Can you imagine Donald Trump having that kind of courage? Good for you young lady! Because of the dedication and bravery of this Greta ...she will help save our planet!!! Thank you Amy for your coverage of this Very important story!
An angel of humanity
I wonder about the wellbeing of someone as strong and determined and young as Greta. She has taken on her shoulders a huge task, and while this is an extraordinary young woman, she is still very vulnerable, and I wonder how naive. She was not as naive as millions of adults to trust that global powers would do anything about the climate crisis without vast pressure, but if the changes that are required to attempt to even mitigate ACC are not successful it will be an enormous psychological blow. Yes, tomitstube, turning depression into action is by far the best response, by far, but Greta at only just 16yrs of age, is in the spotlight, taking on what may be an endless fight against the psychopathic actions of the powerful. This is amidst the race to fend off the impacts of accelerating global warming which is already bringing disaster to numerous areas of the planet with 2 deg of temperature rise already baked into the system, whereby degrees of success will likely be very small. We are not talking about disappointment when someone so young is so utterly committed with such massive momentum and belief behind her. One thing is for sure, if Greta, or someone (most likely another youth (for whom work/money is not a barrier to action), with equal amounts of integrity, passion and commitment, had not taken a stand we would not be witnessing such an uprising. Greta is a truly remarkable young person. I hope she never forgets the courage and fury that begun her journey or that anything she achieves now is a mountain that she herself has climbed.
she is a robot and you a loon together you make chucky a handsome devil
Everyone who's commenting, you can also help these kids. Don't let them do it by themselves. Create local groups and talk to your leaders. I too am an activist and we need as many people as possible to stand up and speak out. And also, you need to be vegan. Research The Oxford study on agriculture. A plant-based diet has the lowest carbon foot print. And yes, Greta is vegan. 😊
Unless we give up capitalism, the rest is pointless.
God bless her...the new generation steps forward watch out governments you need to evolve, stop holding on to the old ideas!
Right, "we're calling on you to join us"! Please welcome aboard!
I AM 71 YRS. OLD , AND I WILL VOTE FOR YOU & FOR ALL OF US !!!!!! *** THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO . WE LOVE YOU . WE WILL WIN * THE FORCE IS WITH US
you're awesome kid. keep fighting the good fight!
Stay strong Greta! The world is run by ignorant fools, like Trump. Keep banging this message into thier heads, because after all, many voices are stronger than one opinion. There's survival in numbers, and we outnumber them. Good job too younger generation! Your eyes are wide open!
Thank you Greta! The world is taking notice. You answer questions more thoughtfully and with more grace than many US politicians.
One day there will be millions like her. Sorry about the planet my generation has left you.
Today there are millions like her. They are everywhere.
@@davidroberts1689 lol ? In china ?
Thank you Democracy Now!. Also, I think you may be mispronouncing « Thunberg », it sounds like « Thunbery » when you say it, which I'm not sure is the good pronunciation. Thank you for covering the climate crisis.
Angels are at war with devils!
The devils have already won.
She's brilliant. I thought she was just a poster child at first but after hearing her speak and seeing this I am now 100% behind her. Each time the crowd cheered her facial expressions were awesome! Keep up the good work.
Greta’s mother Malena Ernman is a great opera singer and Svante is an actor and producer. 😇🌿
We Love Greta here in WA state USA ❤️
Oregon state USA too!
Great Greta my hero, follow me I'm right behind you Greta.
Man I relate to this kid, a grandmother who is learning courage from a wonderful young woman.
"I realized the power that my personal story had in comparison to data."
Humans were made to deal with hunter-gatherer problems, not global ones.
What an absolutely impressive and intelligent group of strong young women 💪
A simple yet powerful statement by simple yet powerful girl, who seems more at ease in the middle of the ocean than she does in front of crowds and cameras. May Greta's simple act cut through all the climate denial noise and finally inspire us to collective action!
THANK YOU
I commend Greta! It seems this generation of young people today are very informed and are not scared to voice it to the World. Gives me hope for the future.
Thanks a million, Greta.
Shia bastida a very smart girl, hope she keeps up the good
Sail and wind power is going to be a large part of our future.
I watched with tears, of joy for the young using their voices. They know what’s important.
Unless we give up capitalism, the rest is pointless.
The boat ride made sure that she cannot be called a Hypocrite. That's Brilliant.
Greta is so remarkable. May her fight be blessed and that we all may be impacted by her activism....we need her!
What an incredible human being.
I find hope in seeing and hearing the voices of the future speak up for themselves and the obstinate so called grown ups. Love ya children for doing what grown ups should do and what should have been done decades ago.
I am actually surprised Trumpet didn't ban her from entering the US for the usual _National Security_ blah blah blah.....
It does seem that the children should be running the countries. They are the passionate ones who care greatly for all.
Greta Thunberg is vegan and you all should be too 🌹
Its interesting that she seems to be speaking English with more of a British accent instead of a Swedish one. She must have spent time in England or had an English teacher from England.
I ❤️ this young group of people so proud of them, as a Mexican I’m especially proud of my “sister , otra Mexicana como yo “
I think it's really "convenient" that NONE of these climate warriors ever speaks about HEMP.
HEMP can make meaningful change, but it's always left out of the conversation
Alex kaneh bosm Honestly, I would imagine that because they are already attacked, mocked, and dismissed that adding yet another controversial topic would likely be a large distractor to the movement. Which is depressing, for sure, but despite more states legalizing marijuana and candidates openly talking about making that federal law, there is still anti-marijuana propaganda. Anyone who talks about how great hemp is is often still largely mocked for being drugged up hippies. I would hate such a vitally important movement to be derailed by a bunch of assholes distracting from the climate change conversation with how silly these pot smoking hippies are to want to use hemp.
Maybe I’m too cynical, but that’s how I’d see it going down, so I don’t mind them choosing their battles and simply starting the conversation.
Welcome Greta! And thank you for all your help and hard work for our planet! You ARE making a difference!!! 💜 keep it up please
I'm interested to know why so many people dislike this girl....
Shane Frasier They're assholes.
It’s not the girl, she seems great. It’s the policy of misinformation regarding climate changes and causality. She is being use and kids are being brainwashed and no one is aloud to challenge the narrative with contradictory scientific findings. The environment is important but man made CO2 is not a thing. That’s not to say humans don’t pollute the air, especially in densely crowded manufacturing cities, with no place for gasses and particulates to go. And for sure city’s have there own localized climate problems and trap heat because of all the concrete.
The the Narrative is people are the problem so taxes and the control of the people with Carbon credit system. The fact is the Sun control climate. Accept when the Air Force and Navy are using their well documented weather manipulation equipment...that is definitely man.
@@thebluedan How can you be so dumb?
@@kurtilein3 he's a tool, one who tells lies for pay, probably being paid by the koch machine to spread misinformation about climate change.
@@thebluedan
Oh lawdy, you watch Tim Poole. It all makes sense now. I am glad you are interested in Democracy Now. Please keep watching, you need to just open your eyes. I am 52, I have seen how the climate has changed throughout my life. It is real.
Super Greta. Go
Why is’nt she arranging meetings with the polluters in Bejing??
Tay Woode Interesting point.....
Hope x
Thanks, Democracy Now!
thank you for your sorely needed passionate voice and hard work.
I respect the work Greta is doing, hope that she wins the Nobel Prize, and certainly wish I was as conscientious and as courageous at 16 as she is...however, let's be honest: one 16-year-old Swede, however good she is at raising consciousness, is not going to save the planet. We are already well past the 1.5˚ C pre-industrial revolution threshold, and the situation is only going to get worse in the upcoming decade with the CO2 concentration going up (at least 2 ppm per year) and more endangered species going extinct.
One person can really make a difference! Inspiring!
Yasss Queeen. Continue agitating with peaceful methods. The radicals must act as the Yin to your moderate Yang
Inspiring!!!
Go Greta
I love this positivity, such a courageous girl
:')
Believing in reality.
Acting on it for psychological wellbeing.
So much empowered youth.
CO2 has little effect on climate.
What will be the next? What will be the unchangeable solutions? Whom will be found guilt dear friends? Is this possible ? Or are there something behind scene?
Why is Amy pronouncing "Thunberg" as "Thunberry"?
Zoomers taking on the Boomers
Please stop saying “Toon Berry”. 🙄
It’s Thunberg!
Love her. Blessings
We are so lucky to have her in our lives. Lead the way little one! You CAN do this!! Let your love and strength shine. ♥️🍀💚🌱💚🍀♥️
y is this child having to make speeches?
I would like climate change action now but this does nothing to further the effort. What was the carbon footprint to make the yacht? There were people who had to fly to support her effort. Unfortunately, this is a sad example of even Democracy Now not reporting on this story in a complete manner.
What is YOUR carbon footprint? This girl does MORE to change our behavior than most adults!
I think these kids don't realize how little their parents and grandparents care about their future, which is good, because otherwise they would be overwhelmed.
Zoomers are gonna fight the boomers
Im not a kid, but I dont realize either ... thats the biggest load of bullshit ever! Unless we give up capitalism, the rest is pointless.
You are a hero. Stay down to earth.
You do know those ships don't run on air do you ?
It would help if you could even pronounce her name correctly! From UK btw.
Any "environmentalist" who isn't talking about the agriculture business is wasting everyone's time including their own. 🤷🏼♂️
CONDEMN BOLSONARO
For "climate activist" read "celebrity truant". Leave the kid alone and let her go back to school.
As a middle-aged man, I'd like to ask other middle-aged men what the hell they thought they were doing when they created this mess, well-done Greta!
Our children are the future of this planet.