Summary

In "Our House Is on Fire," on January 25, 2019, Thunberg addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos. Based on the IPCC, the planet was under 12 years away from a point of no return. According to the report, global carbon dioxide emissions must decrease by 50 percent. She said it is important for places like Davos, as well as politicians and media platforms worldwide, to recognize that they have failed, failed to inform populations and to pursue anything other than monetary success. Humans, however, have not failed, and still have the power to make a change. She then said the climate crisis is easy to understand, a black and white issue. She listed a number of goals the globe must achieve or civilization would end.

She argued that because the climate crisis had never been treated...