Instead, big wealthy countries, responsible for by far the most carbon emissions, were attempting to ensure they continue to live comfortable lives while pursuing “a system of carbon trading to make them look good”. Photograph: Nick BradshawShe said she had dedicated her life to the climate crisis and was now home schooling as a consequence. “So if I don’t understand what’s going on in these negotiations – this is my whole life – I might be 17 but I’m not stupid. It’s deliberately complicated so that people don’t understand. Irish people “have a big appetite for what she has to say”, she added, though schools strikes had already achieved “an attention shift on the climate issue”.

Source: The Irish Times December 10, 2019 19:07 UTC