Thread by @khoifish12

Unpopular opinion, but I don't really care about the polar bears. I'm selfish. I'm fighting climate change bc it poses an existential threat to humanity, with the burdne falling heaviest on formerly colonized nations & poor communities of color. #ClimateStrike

Now it's not that I don't care about polar bears, it's that I care about people more, and that the survival of many humans r linked to the health of the environment and biodiversity. #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction

The climate fight isn't just about recycling and saving pandas. Millions of people are going to be displaced from natural disasters, rising sea levels, and thinning resources. Every political and social issue u care about will be worsened by climate change ange #ClimateStrike

When resources get harder to extract, bosses will try to maximize profit by cutting costs- whether thru layoffs, pay cuts, or skimming working regulations. Climate change and labor are the same fight. #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction

Entire countries r gonna be devastated by floods, droughts, and water shortages spawning huge climate refugee movements. Immigration and climate change are one fight. #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction

Like you know what's really sad? Millions of ppl sacrificed everything to liberate their homelands from colonialism, and were only free for a few decades B4 climate change caused by their old colonizers will retake their nations thru rising sea levels & disasters. #ClimateStrike

When glaciers across the world have melted so much that they can barely feed the rivers that r fueled by them, what will that do to global agriculture? Food insecurity? Poverty? These are all intertwined with climate change. #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction

Like do you know how devastated entire economies are going to be when drought and pollinator extinction kills half their crops? When fish migrate or thin out so much that fishing industries go into recession? Climate change is an economic issue. #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction

At the same time, this isn't a fight to stop climate change. It's coming. This is a fight to adapt and limit damage. It's not just staving off extinction but building a world worth surviving for. #ClimateStrike #ClimateActionNow

Half the work of a revolution is dreaming.
For clean air and water
For universal access to healthy food
For universal healthcare
For universal housing
For universal education
For indigenous control of land
For no borders or prisons
For net 0 green economies
#ClimateStrike