Are You Missing From the Climate Crisis?

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The climate crisis is, in fact, not a chrisis of the climate. It's really easy to ignore the icebergs on the arctic which are melting. But it's kind of impossible to ignore the future of your own child or your grandchild. And that is what opened up the whole potential of intergenerational change making. So i don't think there is someone like missing or so, but i think obviously they are so much more potential of people getting engaged with this.

Sometimes it feels like fighting climate change is all about dealing with the many little things we as individuals are doing wrong (hello single-use coffee cups, plastic bags, and eating dairy). While these bad habits are important to address, are we losing focus on the bigger picture? Luisa Neubauer draws on her experience at the front lines of activism to strategically reframe the climate crisis and identify the unique ways we can make systemic change. Luisa Neubauer is a climate activist, author and leader of the "Fridays For Future" school strike movement. In 2018, Luisa Neubauer co-initiated the "Fridays for Future" school strike movement Germany, which was inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg. In fear of growing up in a world of rising global temperatures, Neubauer is organizing mass action to urge governments to comply with the 2015 Paris Agreements. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman