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Path to Here: Finding My Way to Climate Change Emotions

  Path to Here: Finding My Way to Climate Change Emotions     Wake - up call     For many  people  colleg e -aged and younger   globally — particularly those in wealthy, Western countries that have been privileged to turn away from the realities of the impending climate crisis previously — the release of the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report  in the fall of 2018 was a stark turning point and a powerful call to action in the face of climate change.  It certainly was for me.  It was for  Greta Thunberg  as well ,  a  young  Swedish climate acti vist  who has become  somewhat of a cultural figurehead and source of inspiration within the  youth  climate movement internationally .  In 2018, Greta began  Fridays for the Future , a climate movement that has now spread across the world demanding immediate climate action by government.     ...