CLIMATE CHANGE

Click on the picture below and watch the video. 

Then complete the following sentences:

1. It's an ...............to be ....................with you today
2. Together we are ..................... ...... ..........................................
3. I come from ..............
4. Nothing is ...................... ................... to stop the ..................and ecological ...........................despite all the.................... ........................... and ..........................
5. We will make .................that they ....................... .............. .............. ............ ........ ........................ longer
6. Humanity is now ......................... at a ..............................
7. We must now decide how we want the ................. .................. ....................for our ................................ to be like
8. We have .....................which...................... we want ............... .......................
9. It ..................... be like that but, since no one ............. .............. .................. ..................., we will have to do so.
10. .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

KEY

1. It's an honour to be here with you today
2. Together we are making a difference
3. I come from Sweden
4. Nothing is being done to stop the climate and ecological crisis despite all the beautiful words and promises
5. We will make sure that they won't get away with it any longer
6. Humanity is now standing at a crossroads
7. We must now decide how we want the future living conditions for our species to be like
8. We have chosen which path we want to take
9. It shouldn't be like that but, since no one else is doing anything, we will have to do so.
10. We'll never stop fighting.

As a follow-up, now click on the image and watch the video to answer these questions:

1. Why do these students miss school? What nationality are they?
2. Are they allowed to demonstrate?
3. Who gave them the idea of this movement? What did she do?
4. When and where do they demonstrate?
5. What is the reaction of the Ministry of Education?

KEY

1. They meet and protest against climate change. They are Belgian.
2. They aren´t allowed to do it. They even get punished.
3. They are inspired by 15-year-old Greta who went on a school strike in Sweden. She then talked at the UN at a climate conference.
4. They demonstrate in Brussels every Thursday.
5. The Ministry reminds the students they have the obligation to go to school. However, it welcomes the protest.