Josie Ford
IT IS just over a year since Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, frustrated by political inaction on climate change and following Sweden’s hottest summer in more than 250 years, skipped school and sat in front of the Swedish parliament with a handwritten “Skolstrejk för klimatet” (School strike for the climate) sign.
Before long, teenagers in other countries were following her lead, building momentum towards the global Fridays for Future school strike movement. They have brought a new energy, bluntness and charisma to the climate debate – and shown spectacular skill at embarrassing politicians.
On 20 September, they are asking adults all…
