Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg is set to release a new book which will offer a “global overview of the increasing climate crisis”.
Since 2018, Thunberg has been calling for stronger action to be taken against the climate crisis with her now-famous school strike.
The teenager has gone on to become a worldwide celebrity and figurehead of the environmental activist community, becoming the youngest Time Person of the Year in 2019. She was also nominated three times for a Nobel peace prize.
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Writing in a statement, she said “I have decided to use my platform to create a book based on the current best available science – a book that covers the climate, ecological and sustainability crises holistically,”.
Speaking further, she said. “Because the climate crisis is, of course, only a symptom of a much larger sustainability crisis. My hope is that this book might be some kind of go-to source for understanding these different, closely interconnected crises.”
In the Climate Book which is due to be published in the UK on 27 October 2022, with a US release planned for early 2023, Thunberg assembled more than 100 contributors, from scientists Johan Rockström and Katharine Hayhoe to economist Thomas Piketty and novelist Margaret Atwood.
The 19-year-old also shared what she has learned from her own experiences of climate activism, particularly discussingthe prevalence of greenwashing as well asrevealing the extent to which we have been kept in the dark about the issue.
“Right now, we are in desperate need of hope”, Thunberg said. “But hope is not about pretending that everything will be fine.” “To me, hope is not something that is given to you, it is something you have to earn, to create. It cannot be gained passively, by standing by and waiting for someone else to do something. Hope is taking action. It is stepping outside your comfort zone”.
This is not the first time that a teenager is writing a book. She has previously published three books, two co-authored by her parents and sister: Scenes from the Heart and Our House Is on Fire, and one collection of speeches, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.
However, the latest book is set to be her most comprehensive work yet, pulling together ideas and knowledge from experts with a view to “equip us all” to make positive change.
Story was adapted from the Guardian.
