Greta Thunberg

The climate crisis is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced.

We are striking because we have done our homework and they have not.

I want to be remembered as someone who tried to make a difference.

We are not going to be silenced.

You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you.

I don't want your hope. I want you to panic.

The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees [Celsius], and the risk of setting off irreversible chain reactions beyond human control.

You only speak of green eternal economic growth because you are too scared of being unpopular.

If you can't find any hope—create some.

I have Asperger's, and to me, almost everything is black or white.

We can't save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed.

I think that in many ways, we autistic are the normal ones, and the rest of the people are pretty strange.

I'm not that special. I can't convince everyone. I'm just going to do what I want to do and what will have the most impact.

When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you're winning!

We are now standing at a crossroads in history. We are failing but we have not yet failed.

The climate crisis is both the easiest and the hardest issue we have ever faced. The easiest because we know what we must do. The hardest because our current economics are still totally dependent on burning fossil fuels.

Some people say that I should study to become a climate scientist so that I can 'solve the climate crisis'. But the climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions.

I'm not a climate activist. I'm an activist for the climate.

The climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will.

I don't care about being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet.