Cork climate activist Saoi O’Connor says act now or 'we may not have a future'

This time last year, climate activist Saoi O’Connor was a regular teenager, thinking mostly about where she would spend Halloween with her friends.

Cork climate activist Saoi O’Connor says act now or 'we may not have a future'

This time last year, climate activist Saoi O’Connor was a regular teenager, thinking mostly about where she would spend Halloween with her friends.

Just 12 months later, she’s immersed in a complex, adult world, having quit mainstream school to campaign full-time with her friend, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg.

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