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Greta Thunberg with her father, Svante.
The teenage star of the global student strike for climate change movement would ban private car ownership, meat eating and ration air travel.
Greta Thunberg, 15, is being showcased at the Katowice climate conference in Poland like a Nordic child-Yoda with a message of doom.
She chides politicians for acting like children and has been embraced by the climate establishment, fawned upon by media and granted a private audience with UN Secretary General, António Guterres.
Thunberg is told by her minders she is a “sixth sigma person” whose knowledge of the climate is six standard deviations out from the average.
She laments the ignorance of politicians and journalists who do not know their Keeling curve from the albedo.
For months, Ms Thunberg has staged a one-girl protest every Friday outside the Swedish parliament.
She is the motivation behind ClimateStrike which has spread to Australia with students wagging school to demand action on climate change.
If Thunberg were allowed to call the shots they could look forward to a greatly restricted life.
“Neither the rich nor the poor can consume as we do now,” Ms Thunberg says.
“In this situation we need some kind of rationing.”
Students and activists, protesting climate change, stage a sit-in in the marble foyer at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: AAP
Ms Thunberg has an uncompromising belief in her understanding of the science of climate change and disdain for journalists who do not surrender impartiality for advocacy.
For her, every headline and every front page should be about the “climate crisis”.
Ms Thunberg is on the Katowice trail with her equally hardcore father Svante Thunberg who claims to be a third cousin of Svante Arrhenius, the Nobel prize winning chemist who first discovered the link between atmospheric CO2 and global temperature.
Svante Thunberg says none of today’s political parties are up to the challenge.
“We need a complete system change, stop flying and stop eating meat,” he said.
“There is no politics to solve the situation we are in today.
“There is not one single political party that I know of that will solve this crisis so we need to create a whole new thing and that is why we also need to lead by example.”
Ms Thunberg’s climate crusade started after she fell ill.
Thousands of students rally demanding action on climate change in Sydney. Picture: AAP
“She stopped eating and talking and fell into a depression and stayed at home from school,” Mr Thunberg said.
“It turned out she was very concerned and upset about climate, she could not get this out of her head,” he said.
“The fact everyone was saying one thing and doing the exact opposite.”
Ms Thunberg says she has no immediate plans to enter politics.
“I am just going to sit outside parliament in Sweden every Friday until Sweden is aligned with the Paris agreement,” she said.
GRAHAM LLOYD
ENVIRONMENT EDITOR
Graham Lloyd is a fearless reporter of all sides of the environment debate. A former night editor, chief editorial writer and deputy business editor with The Australian, Graham has held senior positions nationa
Greta Thunberg with her father, Svante.
- GRAHAM LLOYD
- 3:22PM DECEMBER 5, 2018
The teenage star of the global student strike for climate change movement would ban private car ownership, meat eating and ration air travel.
Greta Thunberg, 15, is being showcased at the Katowice climate conference in Poland like a Nordic child-Yoda with a message of doom.
She chides politicians for acting like children and has been embraced by the climate establishment, fawned upon by media and granted a private audience with UN Secretary General, António Guterres.
Thunberg is told by her minders she is a “sixth sigma person” whose knowledge of the climate is six standard deviations out from the average.
She laments the ignorance of politicians and journalists who do not know their Keeling curve from the albedo.
For months, Ms Thunberg has staged a one-girl protest every Friday outside the Swedish parliament.
She is the motivation behind ClimateStrike which has spread to Australia with students wagging school to demand action on climate change.
If Thunberg were allowed to call the shots they could look forward to a greatly restricted life.
“Neither the rich nor the poor can consume as we do now,” Ms Thunberg says.
“In this situation we need some kind of rationing.”
Students and activists, protesting climate change, stage a sit-in in the marble foyer at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: AAP
Ms Thunberg has an uncompromising belief in her understanding of the science of climate change and disdain for journalists who do not surrender impartiality for advocacy.
For her, every headline and every front page should be about the “climate crisis”.
Ms Thunberg is on the Katowice trail with her equally hardcore father Svante Thunberg who claims to be a third cousin of Svante Arrhenius, the Nobel prize winning chemist who first discovered the link between atmospheric CO2 and global temperature.
Svante Thunberg says none of today’s political parties are up to the challenge.
“We need a complete system change, stop flying and stop eating meat,” he said.
“There is no politics to solve the situation we are in today.
“There is not one single political party that I know of that will solve this crisis so we need to create a whole new thing and that is why we also need to lead by example.”
Ms Thunberg’s climate crusade started after she fell ill.
Thousands of students rally demanding action on climate change in Sydney. Picture: AAP
“She stopped eating and talking and fell into a depression and stayed at home from school,” Mr Thunberg said.
“It turned out she was very concerned and upset about climate, she could not get this out of her head,” he said.
“The fact everyone was saying one thing and doing the exact opposite.”
Ms Thunberg says she has no immediate plans to enter politics.
“I am just going to sit outside parliament in Sweden every Friday until Sweden is aligned with the Paris agreement,” she said.
GRAHAM LLOYD
ENVIRONMENT EDITOR
Graham Lloyd is a fearless reporter of all sides of the environment debate. A former night editor, chief editorial writer and deputy business editor with The Australian, Graham has held senior positions nationa
