UN Climate Change COP24 Conference Poland 2018

Greta Thunberg’s Speech

Listen to the speech and answer the questions.

1.) Where is Greta from?

2.) How old is Greta?
3.) What does she say we need to do with fossil fuels?
4.) How have school children made the headlines?
5.) What burden does she say world leaders have left for children? What is
the reason?
6.) Why is our biosphere being sacrificed?

Fill in the gaps with words from the video

1.) You are never too small to ------------------ a difference.

2.) Imagine what we -------------------- all do together if we really ----------- to.
3.) I care about climate justice and the ------------------ planet.
4.) It is the sufferings of the many -------------------- pay for the luxuries of the
few.
5.) We cannot solve a crisis ---------------------- treating it as a ---------------------.
6.) If the ------------------------------- are so impossible to ------------------------------
, then maybe we should ---------------------------------- the system itself.
7.) The real ----------------------------------- belongs to the people.
8.) Change is coming ------------------------------- you like it or ---------------------.
9.) In the year -----------------------------, I will celebrate my --------------------------
birthday. If I -------------------------------- children, maybe they ------------------
----- spend that day with me. Maybe they will ask why you didn’t do ------
------------ while there was still ------------------- to act.
Discussion questions
1.) What does she mean when she says that the leaders of the world are
stealing the future of young people in front of their very eyes?
2.) Why do you think that young people have been ignored by governments
and world leaders regarding their concerns about climate change?
3.) What is Greta’s main message to us all?
4.) Do you agree with Greta’s belief that climate change is a crisis?
Why/why not?
5.) What do you personally think needs to be done to solve the crisis?
6.) What do you do on a personal level to be environmentally friendly?