I'm striking from school to protest inaction on climate change - Australian students should too | Greta Thunberg

Every Friday, I miss classes to sit outside my country's parliament. I will continue to do so until leaders come into line with the Paris agreementOn Tuesday from 4pm-6.30pm Guardian Australia will run #MyClimateQuestions, a live online Q&A for school students and young AustraliansI first learnt about climate change when I was eight years old. I learnt that this was something humans had created. Growing up in Sweden my family was environmentally conscious. I was told to turn off the lights to save energy and recycle paper to save resources.I remember thinking it was very strange that we were capable of changing the entire face of the Earth and the precious thin layer of atmosphere that makes it our home. Continue reading...