After taking a solar-powered boat from England to New York City to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit, Thunberg sat down with The Washington Post to discuss her role in the fight for preventing climate change.
We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. Life on Earth is in crisis. Scientists agree we’ve entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown and are in the midst of a mass extinction of our own making. The Time For Denial Is Over. It is Time to Act! Animation by Movult.
New York has nearly 600 miles of coastline and is preparing for significant increases in flooding, rainfall and extreme heat by 2100. Jainey Bavishi explains the city’s $20 billion project to adapt to climate change by building new sea defences, raising public awareness and even painting rooftops white to reflect the searing summer sun.
