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. For those who are unfamiliar with the IPCC, it i s a n intergovernmental body established by the United Nations (UN) in