And yes, she and her family happen to have hosted international climate youth activist Greta Thunberg when she visited Alberta. In its statement of defence, the federal government acknowledged the real and urgent threat climate change poses to Canadians. (Peggy Lam/CBC)Vipond is far from being a stranger to climate change activism. Her father, Joe Vipond, is the president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment as well as the founder of the Calgary Climate Hub. Sadie was inspired like many teens around the world to take more action on climate change after watching Greta Thunberg's first viral speech before the United Nations climate change conference in 2018.

Source: CBC News September 29, 2020 10:52 UTC