“My message is that if we do not care about the climate crisis and if w...” — Greta Thunburg Quote

“My message is that if we do not care about the climate crisis and if we do not act now then almost no other question is going to matter in the future.”

“I see the world in black and white, and I don't like compromising.”

“We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction and our climate is breaking down.”

“When I have been travelling around to speak in different countries, I am always offered help to write about the specific climate policies in specific countries. But that is not really necessary. Because the basic problem is the same everywhere.”

“I'm telling you there is hope. I have seen it, but it does not come from the governments or corporations. It comes from the people.”

“We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.”

“Disadvantaged communities are among the most vulnerable to climate change.”

“I think there's a presumption of a climate emergency which I don't think there is. I think there's a climate problem, I don't think there's an emergency.”

“Doing nothing to stop national parks being drilled for oil isn't what climate leadership looks like.”

“In the United States, the world's most important democracy, Congress seems permanently deadlocked, in hock to moneyed interests, unable to grapple with the big issues of climate change, technological change, the information revolution.”

“Our country must transform its power system to be just, equitable, anti-racist, and climate- and disaster-resilient.”

“Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance.”