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It seems like the people in power have given up...They say it’s too hard — it’s too much of a challenge. But that’s what we are doing here. We have not given up because this is a matter of life and death for countless people.... Either we choose to go on as a civilization or we don’t... That is as black or white as it gets. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.

— Greta Thunberg

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Unite behind the science, that is our demand. (Thunberg told a plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

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