Greta Thunberg is Invited to Speak in Russian Parliament

“Russia’s parliament has invited Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to address young Russians concerned about the environment,” the Moscow Times has reported.

The 16-year-old schoolgirl, Greta Thunberg has been trying to raise awareness about climate change and the horrors of it since last summer. Her tries turned out to be quite successful, especially now that she gave an impassioned speech at the United Nations General Assembly last week. Her moving words at the 74th UN Session, “sparked a fierce backlash in Russian society” writes the Moscow Times.

RIA Novosti published Vasily Vlasov’s (who is a senior member of the Duma’s Natural Resources Committee) letter to the Swedish climate activist; “I invite you to give a speech to Russian youth in the State Duma on any date convenient for you,” wrote Vlasov.

“We as the younger generation must not remain silent when it comes to our future, and we won’t allow ourselves to be condemned to extinction,” mentioned Vlasov in the letter sent to the Swedish Embassy.

The Russian newspaper reported in the article that the country is behind the rest of the world in climate action implementation. The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry this month revealed that Russia, the world’s fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is heating faster than the rest of the world.

Read the Moscow Times article here.

By Nini Dakhundaridze

Image source: The Atlantic.