Generation Greta wants action, not just hope

“We need a whole new way of thinking. The political system that adults have created is all about competition. You cheat when you can because all that matters is to win… we need to start co-operating and sharing the remaining resources of this planet in a fair way.”

Wow. And I thought MY teenage daughter was cool. Imagine being Greta Thunberg’s parents — you’d be unconscious on the floor, passed out with pride. What a voice for Gen Z — that yellow raincoat, those plaits, the wide-open face. Her clear, urgent message. Her utter impatience and contempt for the idiotic responses of adults to the fact that our present is destroying her future; she is fearless, righteous, a climate catastrophe Katniss Everdeen.