Environmental activist Greta Thunberg was chosen as Time's Person of the Year for 2019

For decades, researchers and activists have struggled to get world leaders to take the climate threat seriously. But this year, somehow a teenage girl gets the world's attention.” Summarize the people of the weekly. "We cannot simply continue to live as if there is no tomorrow, because there must be a tomorrow," Time editors quote Thunberg

Awareness of the climate crisis increased this year thanks to Greta Thunberg. The climate activist, who will celebrate her 17th birthday this January, was chosen by the editors of Time magazine as the personality of the year for 2019. In doing so, the prestigious magazine confirms that the climate movement gained momentum in 2019, thanks to a girl who was unknown until the age of 15, and became the terror of world leaders.

The tradition of the magazine, which began as "person of the year", recognizes those who "for better or for worse ... did the most to influence the events of the year". Last year, journalists who were murdered and others imprisoned for their work were honored.

"We can't just go on living like there's no tomorrow, because there has to be a tomorrow," Time editors quote Thunberg. The climate activist was informed of the choice during the UN climate conference that ended yesterday (11/12/19) in Madrid.

Time's editor-in-chief Edward Flesenthal, who announced Time magazine's decision in a broadcast on the American television network NBC, said: "She has become the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet this year, coming out of nowhere to lead a global movement." In her response, she continued the line she took and once again blames the politicians and businessmen who avoid action to repair the damage. "I'm sure if people heard what was happening and what was said during these meetings, they would be outraged."

The magazine noted that the Madrid conference is the last climate retreat before countries commit to new plans to meet the significant deadline set by the Paris Agreement. Unless they agree on revolutionary action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the global temperature increase since the industrial revolution will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius – an event that scientists warn will expose an additional 350 million people to drought and push an estimated 120 million people into extreme poverty by 2030. For Every particle raises that the temperatures will rise, these risks will get worse. (Recently it was published that there is a fear that the increase will be much greater and millions of people will die, and tens of millions will feel the consequences. AB).
"It's not just fear, it's science. For decades, researchers and activists have struggled to get world leaders to take the climate threat seriously. But this year, somehow a teenage girl gets the world's attention." Summarize the people of the weekly.

As you may recall, in September of this year, Thunberg participated in the UN Climate Conference held at the same time as the UN General Assembly in New York, where she said: "People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing and we are at the beginning of mass extinction, and all you can talk about is Money and fairy tales about eternal economic growth? How dare you?"
"For over thirty years, science has been helping us understand the situation clearly. How do you continue to look away and say that you are doing enough when the political solutions are still not in sight. You say that you hear us and that you understand the urgency, but no matter how sad and angry I get, I don't want to believe that you really understand the situation and still fail to act, it will be bad."

To the article in Time magazine explaining the reasons for choosing Greta Thunberg as personality of the year

More of the topic in Hayadan:
The Swedish girl Greta Thunberg warns: my generation will bear the consequences of the lack of actions to stop the climate crisis
The students' climate protest proves: it's time to create a new economy
Nature against climatic disasters