I’d post the Australian Prime Ministers response, however it’s unlikely to meet the community forum guidelines.
The predecessor to the UN was The League of Nations. As the 1930’s came around, The League was less relevant and became ineffectual. It all ended badly when the leaders of the more powerful nations all chose to go their own way.
My blockers don’t allow access to the link but I have listened to it several times on a number of sites. It is good that she has spoken so emphatically and with such passion. The trouble we face is the large amount of political inaction (and even counter action) that came after as well as our own behaviours. By “own” I mean a very large portion of our population who while having good intentions are still carrying out the same things we did before the speech that are contrary to achieving what Greta asked us to do. I think on the saying “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” a lot these days.
A severe warning of change that won’t be good for many Australians has been sounded in the latest report to come from the IPCC, the report is referenced in the following article by the ABC:
To download/read the report & other material that is about the full report go to:
Some of the issues to land and landing on our doorstep are heating oceans thus stronger storms, reduced fishing yields, loss of land mass due to rising sea levels, acidification of our oceans, more frequent and larger coastal flooding (by 2050 possibly one or more times a year).
I feel Greta’s right to accuse us (I do include myself) of stealing her childhood. Teenagers should be able to look forward to a world that’s in as good a condition as possible. Instead, people in power seem more focused on maximising short-term profits. In that, there’s evil.
I don’t know if this will spur any real action in our pollies but there is an e-petition directed to the House of Reps that is active until 16 Oct 2019 that asks that they “immediately act and declare a climate emergency in Australia”. It also further requests that “legislation that will with immediacy and haste reduce the causes of anthropogenic climate change” be enacted.
Want to sign it?
Then the following link will take you to the petition page:
They are required to see it but not to act on it. It will be listed in Hansard, but as we all know… nothing will happen as a result. But, at least theres a record that lots of people think they should get a grip and do something constructive.