Greta Thunberg: Pandemic shows how we could act on climate crisis
- Climate activist Greta Thunberg says children and their needs have not been listened to during the pandemic, just like during the climate crisis.
- In an interview with Swedish Radio, she says the pandemic has shown the world how to deal with a real crisis.
- Thunberg notes that the pandemic has shown that fear rather than hope is the most efficient way of getting people to respond to a crisis.
Radio Sweden report
For more on the pandemic and its effect on the environmental movement, Radio Sweden spoke to Greta Thunberg.
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