Ironic reversal --- LOL, yes indeed, Greta is at risk of ridicule since she herself has resorted exclusively to language (an one low-carbon crossing of the Atlantic).

However, and this is very relevant to the week's topic, her words are not merely a waste of time (as 'blah-blah would suggest) since she has achieved a lot with them. She has managed to raise awareness and galvanise a generation into engaging with Climate Change. She has secured a global audience for her message. She has used the UN platform to 'speak truth to power' and she has raised everybody's expectations with regard to goals and time limits. Pretty impressive, much as I don't like her divisiveness.

Source author: Biljana Scott biscott@diplomacy.edu