Greta Thunberg : Named Time’s youngest Person of the Year.

God, how can you be "pampered" on small sailing yachts crossing the Atlantic?

She looks healthy enough to me. More so than some of our bloated lot.

Plenty of people around the globe go about their work of saving the earth and go unnoticed- The very same people that Greta blames- The people who without their dedication and research, Greta would have no message to generate and share with nations around the globe- And her separation of generations doesn't do much in the area of unity-

TIME has magazines to sell- Greta is an internet sensation- It makes financial sense-

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Have to agree about 'the eyes' quite disturbing.
When this young lady airs her views I wonder if she gives thought to what brought on climate change millions of years ago that saw the extinction of all forms of life. No aircraft travel then ,no mobile phones and many other items that make up todays lifestyle.. Can she be certainly sure ?that climate change today is taking place any sooner than what it did millions of years ago.
Who is here to confirm ? certainly not Ms T.

I listened to a broadcast this morning which said that it was important to look at your carbon spend. According to the broadcaster, countries like China, India, the US etc. may have a big carbon footprint, but countries e.g. in Europe that buy things from those countries are contributing to the carbon usage so can’t just sit back and criticise them whilst feeling they themselves are doing well. There was actually praise for Trump (surprisingly) for attempting to bring manufacture of products back to the US instead of buying from overseas.

fast getting rid of my plastics. i can get washing powder in boxes .yes !!!!! battery lights on the christmas tree (rechargable) smiles ....got some plastic left for microwave...but thats going too soon. my church is buying me a microwave with oven because i asked the congregation if anyone had a spare one. and the church said they would buy me one.PRAISE THE LORd AND THE CHURCH FOR ITS KINDNESS.

In my view this young person is getting attention on the world stage however the sad fact is that the big players like the USA China Russia and the like won't commit to massive reductions in greenhouse gases so without these leaders fulling their fingers out their asses to me it all seems academic and maybe when the damage is totally irreversible they will realise they are to blame.

Excellent points, Mollygo- Trade has negatively impacted the planet- I'm in the US and am a constant complainer about what wee little choices we have when it comes to purchases- We can buy an item at the store from China, or China, or China- Inferior deal that they are now asking even more for due to tariff wars-

Sarahelenwhitney - Greta appears to give more thought than you do, she references the science but you think climate change not manmade!

No one can deny that human activity is degrading the planet and the oceans leading to pollution and the loss of species at an unprecedented rate. Action must be taken now By governments and businesses, it can’t be done by grans just doing a bit of recycling

If every country worldwide did what we already do then we could avert this crises - we on our little isle are not the cause, and cannot be the solution.

I thought dinosaurs were extinct but there seems to be a few on here!

All of you who are dissing a young activist should listen to yourselves. Would you like to hear someone talking about your child like that? You sound like would - be trolls.

Tigertooth untrue - our development means we have made a large share of the problem and our outsourcing of manufacturing to developing nations perpetuates this

Lots of comments - how many of us achieved at 16 what she has? How many of us talked to world leaders at 16 and made them listen. How many of us could do it now with all our worldly wisdom?

Just walked past Waterstones and I see she now has a book out, what about all the trees that are cut down to print it.

Since when are people who offer critiques trolls? And since when is anyone who steps into the global limelight exempt from being disagreed with? Child or not? Whose future is she stealing with her shame and blame method of communication? There's a climate crisis- But the smugness is counterproductive and psychologically toxic-

Oh God! Are you seriously suggesting we do without paper now?

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rosecarmel argue with her message if you like, but don't bitch about the girl herself.

Isn't she already at least 16 years old? Compulsory schooling in Sweden is age 7 - 16 years.

I thought rosecarmel made some valid points and didn't bitch about the girl at all.

None of us could have achieved this at 17 precisely because there was no internet and the media weren't as hungry for stories about celebrities or young people in those days. In fact most of our schools and teachers would for many reasons have put a stop to such precocious flaunting of a message. She is a product of her Time .... no pun intended.

Beg your pardon, she is 16 almost 17.

SaraHellen is absolutely correct.

The climate has been changing for thousands of years, We have had periods of warming and cooling, long before humans were even around , let alone be blamed for it.

I’m not denying we are in a period of change now .

What I do question is how much of the change is due to human activity when clearly as we have seen ,it has happened before .

Maybe a trip to China would be a good idea.

Has she not noticed or heard about the noxious gases polluting their atmosphere.

Also, how is she keeping up with her school work I wonder.

Sorry, I’m not a fan, and yes, I do recycle.

she is a manipulated puppet, she has no answers, her eyes are dead and she is dressed to look like 12 when she is almost 17. Her parents should be prosecuted for child abuse

Yes the climate has been changing since the earth was formed. Nothing new now but yet again people getting ever richer by scare mongering . Try not to confuse pollution with climate change