Post 7: essay 1

Essay 1

(Article in Guardian)

By Oliver Milman. Posted 23.09.2019

Assessed 1.12.2019

I have chosen an article called “Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN” 

The first reason for my choice is Greta Thunberg. She is really extraordinary child, who has a drive to talk about the environment issue. I wondered how this little kid worried about serious climate problems. 

Nowadays people can’t imagine their lives without plastic, because we use it probably every day. It makes our life convenient but we have to think about consequences. In comparison with enviroment in 50's, nature used to be in rather good conditions. 

In the article Greta Thunberg emphasizes that modern people think only about money, they don’t bother about ecosystems at all. There is a climate crisis; it leads to disastrous heat waves, flooding, droughts etc. 

The author points out that the activist has raised really important issue. As for me a brave young girl represents all children who will grow up and live on our planet. One of the most heartbreaking words was about empty words of senior officials. There were about 60 speeches of representatives but the most valuable was Greta‘s. She appeals to all countries so that each president should draw the conclusion. I think a Swedish activist warns us about our future if we don’t take measures. 

The Guardian believes that the problems we face on the climate crisis are systemic and that fundamental societal change is needed.

Readers can read in the article about reaction of world leaders’ on her speech. 

Thanks to this article I learned more about climate crisis. I thought it’s not so dangerous but I was wrong. I really hope that after such powerful speech by little steps we will come to the solution. Perhaps it will take more years than we expects but finally we change our world for the best!