Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has inspired tens of thousands of students around the world to skip class to protest how their political leaders are failing to deal with climate change. ( Daniel Reinhardt / AP )She has also addressed world leaders at a United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland and the World Economic Forum in Davos, delivered a TED talk — oh, and on Thursday, at age 16, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. If she can accomplish all that in mere months, then perhaps the world should listen to Thunberg. That is especially true today when students inspired by her doggedness are planning to skip school in 1,659 towns and cities in 105 countries in the world to demand action from their governments on climate change. Yet around the world people continue to elect climate change-deniers such as Donald Trump.

Source: thestar March 14, 2019 20:26 UTC