Youth climate activists you don’t know yet

Brut America

Five young climate activists whose names aren’t Greta.

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00:00This isn't just about polar bears and sea level rise, this is about humanity and life

00:11on earth being fundamentally changed forever.

00:22Young people are standing up all over the planet because we see that climate change

00:26is a human rights issue.

00:40The US government has known about the climate crisis, has known about the contribution the

00:43fossil fuel industry has for over 50 years and has failed not just to adequately act

00:49on our behalf but has directly gone forth to perpetuate this crisis by subsidizing the

00:53fossil fuel industry, by opening up federal lands for exploitation and extraction.

00:58This is us experiencing the loss of our homes, of our communities due to permafrost melt

01:03in Alaska or due to sea level rise in Florida or due to the wildfires that I've experienced

01:07in my backyard in Colorado.

01:14I am lucky that I am still surviving and I will...

01:32My parents had to sell off our land and livestock to sustain our lives and when the money was

01:38over it was a question of survival and death.

01:47I will tell you that we are a generation of scared people but very ambitious, very united,

01:56very persistent and very good at action.

02:00I sacrifice all my pocket money into a lecture cleanup activity I do to beat plastic pollution

02:08and I need you to join me in this fight.

02:13Your beds might be comfortable right now but not for long.

02:18You will soon feel the same heat we feel every day.

02:23Be rest assured that youth from the other side of the world fighting for a safe future

02:29for you and for us all and are not about to give up yet.

02:59My people are at risk of becoming history.

03:13We are the main guardians of the forest.

03:17We, indigenous peoples, depend on nature, which is our mother, and on our territory

03:22because that is what keeps us alive.

03:24But we are being persecuted, threatened and murdered.

03:28Last year alone, 164 Nature Defenders were killed, almost one every two days.

03:35We cannot accept that our bloodshed, not a single drop of blood, should be shed.

03:41I have taken this issue to my government, to the court, in my country,

03:59but they didn't give me justice, so I want justice.

04:03It's our right to have cleaner water, to live in a healthy environment, to have cleaner air.

04:16And it's our right and they are violating our rights.

04:25I'm here because I want all the global leaders to do something to stop climate change

04:31because if it's not going to be stopped, it's going to harm our future.

04:35So if we want to stop global warming, we have to do something now.

04:45We, the youth of Belgium, the youth of this planet, are standing here today

04:50to face those who destroy our future.

04:53We posted a video on social media and it went viral.

04:56And then we did our first strike and we were there with 3,000.

04:59So it was amazing.

05:07We're all on this world globe, on this earth together,

05:11so we really need to work together to try and fix our homes

05:15because our home is on fire.

05:17So we really need to get the water and to get the fire out

05:21and we need to do it together right now.

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