I thought when I was younger that the
world was perfect I thought that the
Prime Minister or even my mum could
change something just by kicking their
fingers I thought my mom was superwoman
if I was cold she made me warm if I was
hungry she’d fill me up and if I was
frightened after a nightmare she make me
feel safe and I’d go straight back to
sleep again my mum could solve any
problem for me and the world but it
turns out I was wrong the world isn’t
perfect
and the reason is that climate change is
killing it it also turns out my mum
isn’t power enough to change it and
neither is the Prime Minister so how can
I make change did you know the sea level
has risen by 20 centimeters over the
last century in 2012 Arctic sea ice
melted to the lowest extent on record
and it just gets worse 17 of the 18
hottest years have occurred since 2001
not only this but carbon dioxide levels
are now higher than they have been in
800,000 years and it’s extremely likely
that humans are the cause of climate
change I think about how diesel is
polluting the air we breathe in every
day I think about how plastic takes so
long to decompose even then it’s not
entirely gone I think about how plastic
is killing the animals tricking them
into thinking it’s their food I think
about the ice melting and the dying
polar bears who need that ice to live in
hunt on I think about what life would be
like once our town has flooded I think
about the animals in the rain forest
without home because the trees have been
cut down I think about these trees that
are no longer absorbing carbon dioxide
we try to change by not flying on
holiday that year not buying plastic
water bottles not buying a car but
instead using public transport paying
extra money for annual energy not eating
things that contain palm oil like
Nutella or Doritos even picking up other
people’s rubbish and putting in the
recycling but what’s the point the
majority of people still flying holiday
sometimes even more than one
see ya bye plastic water bottles and
don’t even recycle them own cars and
drive in most places barely anybody
wants to pay extra money for green
energy nearly everybody loves Nutella
and Doritos and won’t stop eating them
so how can I a twelve-year-old girl make
a change when the president of America
doesn’t even believe in global warming
more months that is no I can’t not alone
it’s probably very hard to make a change
when the whole world is working against
you but maybe not the entire world is I
keep seeing posters on how harmful
plastic is the sea-ice so more people
must be aware in the countryside when
thumbs are appearing everywhere and on
holiday last week I bought an ice cream
from a cafe that had no carbon footprint
they refused to sell plastic water
bottles and were powered completely by
their own solar power panels not only
this but I’ve also read about young
people have made a change for example to
nine-year-old girls set up a charity
called kid saving the rainforest to
rehabilitate wounded sick and abandoned
animals and have also established
reforestation projects a team of
researchers biologists and volunteers
got behind this idea and educated people
around the world what also gives me hope
is now our 97% of scientists believe
that global warming is caused by humans
hopefully they’re trying to make a
change the Paris agreement backed up by
nearly 200 countries is to limit the
global temperature increase by no more
than 1.5 degrees Celsius and we can now
see a future in being completely powered
by renewable energy in just six years
we’ve upped are you a noob electricity
output from 7% to 25% this makes me feel
so relieved that there are people out
there who were working together to take
action although there are people trying
to make a difference the place I go to
nearly every day doesn’t seem to be at
school I’ve learnt about climate change
and how we’re damaging the environment
but then I walk into the school canteen
and every shelf is piled high with food
covered in plastic I don’t even think
it’s a cycled plastic cutlery plastic
water and juice bottles plastic
Tanner’s we’ve got to make a change we
need to set up an environmental group
involve school council and get teachers
on board everyone has a part to play to
try and tackle this problem throughout
the world as an individual in your
buffer your city your country and in our
world in people arm form they can do
amazing things to make the world better
more people need to know what’s going on
and together find solutions so I haven’t
some thinking that the world was perfect
to the world was gonna end and there was
nothing I can do about it but now I
think if people are active and making a
change then we can stop climate change
and save our world [Applause]
world was perfect I thought that the
Prime Minister or even my mum could
change something just by kicking their
fingers I thought my mom was superwoman
if I was cold she made me warm if I was
hungry she’d fill me up and if I was
frightened after a nightmare she make me
feel safe and I’d go straight back to
sleep again my mum could solve any
problem for me and the world but it
turns out I was wrong the world isn’t
perfect
and the reason is that climate change is
killing it it also turns out my mum
isn’t power enough to change it and
neither is the Prime Minister so how can
I make change did you know the sea level
has risen by 20 centimeters over the
last century in 2012 Arctic sea ice
melted to the lowest extent on record
and it just gets worse 17 of the 18
hottest years have occurred since 2001
not only this but carbon dioxide levels
are now higher than they have been in
800,000 years and it’s extremely likely
that humans are the cause of climate
change I think about how diesel is
polluting the air we breathe in every
day I think about how plastic takes so
long to decompose even then it’s not
entirely gone I think about how plastic
is killing the animals tricking them
into thinking it’s their food I think
about the ice melting and the dying
polar bears who need that ice to live in
hunt on I think about what life would be
like once our town has flooded I think
about the animals in the rain forest
without home because the trees have been
cut down I think about these trees that
are no longer absorbing carbon dioxide
we try to change by not flying on
holiday that year not buying plastic
water bottles not buying a car but
instead using public transport paying
extra money for annual energy not eating
things that contain palm oil like
Nutella or Doritos even picking up other
people’s rubbish and putting in the
recycling but what’s the point the
majority of people still flying holiday
sometimes even more than one
see ya bye plastic water bottles and
don’t even recycle them own cars and
drive in most places barely anybody
wants to pay extra money for green
energy nearly everybody loves Nutella
and Doritos and won’t stop eating them
so how can I a twelve-year-old girl make
a change when the president of America
doesn’t even believe in global warming
more months that is no I can’t not alone
it’s probably very hard to make a change
when the whole world is working against
you but maybe not the entire world is I
keep seeing posters on how harmful
plastic is the sea-ice so more people
must be aware in the countryside when
thumbs are appearing everywhere and on
holiday last week I bought an ice cream
from a cafe that had no carbon footprint
they refused to sell plastic water
bottles and were powered completely by
their own solar power panels not only
this but I’ve also read about young
people have made a change for example to
nine-year-old girls set up a charity
called kid saving the rainforest to
rehabilitate wounded sick and abandoned
animals and have also established
reforestation projects a team of
researchers biologists and volunteers
got behind this idea and educated people
around the world what also gives me hope
is now our 97% of scientists believe
that global warming is caused by humans
hopefully they’re trying to make a
change the Paris agreement backed up by
nearly 200 countries is to limit the
global temperature increase by no more
than 1.5 degrees Celsius and we can now
see a future in being completely powered
by renewable energy in just six years
we’ve upped are you a noob electricity
output from 7% to 25% this makes me feel
so relieved that there are people out
there who were working together to take
action although there are people trying
to make a difference the place I go to
nearly every day doesn’t seem to be at
school I’ve learnt about climate change
and how we’re damaging the environment
but then I walk into the school canteen
and every shelf is piled high with food
covered in plastic I don’t even think
it’s a cycled plastic cutlery plastic
water and juice bottles plastic
Tanner’s we’ve got to make a change we
need to set up an environmental group
involve school council and get teachers
on board everyone has a part to play to
try and tackle this problem throughout
the world as an individual in your
buffer your city your country and in our
world in people arm form they can do
amazing things to make the world better
more people need to know what’s going on
and together find solutions so I haven’t
some thinking that the world was perfect
to the world was gonna end and there was
nothing I can do about it but now I
think if people are active and making a
change then we can stop climate change
and save our world [Applause]
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