Greta Thunberg on Inspiring Others to Take a Stand Against Climate Change

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🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Greta Thunberg talks about her decision to no longer travel by plane and describes how a lack of understanding of climate change is impacting the planet. Originally aired September 2019.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:03.0	Welcome to the Daily Show.
0:06.0	Thank you so much.
0:07.0	And welcome to New York City.
0:09.0	You came here on a zero emissions boat.
0:13.0	And part of me thinks that's because you love the climate.
0:16.0	The other part of me wonders if that's just your Viking heritage.
0:20.0	Maybe it is.
0:21.0	It might be?
0:22.0	Yeah.
0:23.0	Tell me why you did that.
0:24.0	Why didn't you fly to New York City to come and, you know,
0:27.0	speak at the UN and ask for a new answer?
0:29.0	To the UN and, you know, inspire people to move forward
0:32.0	in the climate change movement.
0:34.0	I did it because I have since a few years stopped flying
0:39.0	because of the enormous impact aviation has on the climate individually.
0:46.0	And just to make a stand.
0:49.0	And I am one of the very few people in the world
0:53.0	who can actually do such a trip.
0:55.0	So I thought, why not?
0:57.0	Wow.
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