A few days ago, the Youth4Climate event in Milan featured speeches by Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate, who criticized world leaders for not walking their talk on climate change. If those in power ignore the warnings of the younger generation, the imminent dangers of climate change will make destroying life on Earth a lot easier for the intergalactic warlords.
Doha Debates: Vanessa Nakate's Full Keynote Speech at Youth4Climate Pre-COP26, September 20, 2021.
Doha Debates: Greta Thunberg's Full Keynote Speech at Youth4Climate Pre-COP26, Spetember 29, 2021.
About Alexandra Bowman
Alexandra Bowman is World War Zero's cartoonist in residence. She is a political cartoonist and satirist, creating work with The Lincoln Project and environmental newsletter Our Daily Planet. Bowman's illustrations have been published by BBC News, BBC Books, Puffin Books, the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service, the National Wildlife Federation, and Penguin Random House UK. As a rising senior at Georgetown University, she is double majoring in English and Art and will be graduating early with a Master's in English in May 2023. Bowman also founded The Hilltop Show, a political comedy webseries run by over 50 undergraduate and graduate student members from around the world, and serves as its host and Lead Satirical Writer.