From rising sea levels, extreme weather conditions and greenhouse gases, today’s climate change speakers ask hard questions. How will all these changes affect species across the globe and communities? And, most importantly how much time do we have to change our ways? Around the globe environmental speakers and young people are mobilizing to demand greater action on environmental issues. 

More than a million young people have tuned out for global strikes that are also driving home the links between social injustice and climate change, economic inequality, seeking the opportunity of these strikes to collectively raise their voices for a grater desire in defense of the defenseless and at-risk communities impacted but the unimpeded environmental changes. These climate change speakers say yes highlighting what we, as individuals must do on a political, personal and environmental level to ensure a healthier and greener future. 

1. Naomi Klein

A journalist, award-winning columnist and bestselling author, climate change advocate, Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything disclosed the long-lasting myths of the climate debate. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Naomi is known to be one of the most prominent voices in the antiglobalization movement. In “This Changes Everything” Naomi has exposed the conflicts between the unimpeded capitalist initiative and the mitigation of global warming. While exposing the climate crisis, Nomi said that it’s always easier to reject reality than to allow our worldview to be shattered.

Much of her book is concerned with exposing the fact that those powerful, well-financed and lobby groups are responsible for the denial of climate change in the last few years. Due to human activities, considerable environmental changes are under way, and if left unchecked, it will alter the world in which our kids will have to live.

2. Chris Hines MBE

Chris is an authoritative figure on climate change and former Sustainability Director of the Eden Project. As an environmental campaigner and a highly appreciated communicator, Chris Hines uses his deep understanding of the equilibrium between environmental, social and financial aspects of sustainability to encourage others to take action. He aims to find solutions through communication which eventually led him to drive a £5 billion investment on the U.K.’ coastline.

In February 2020, Chris Hines was invited by Beyond Skin to Northern Ireland to sustain a workshop but also to do some talks. During his stay in Northern Ireland, Chris mentioned that while living in times like this, we feel scary as we become increasingly aware of the fragility of our environment and the level of destruction we have caused. But as an optimistic-activist, Chris feels lucky to be a part of a campaign that leads to a massive environmental change and keen to share the lessons and knowledge he had learned from almost 30 years of the campaign.

3. Andy Pag

Famous environmentalist and public speaker, Andy Peg is no stranger to the speaking circuit. Any is an experienced TEDtalk speaker, who spent almost two decades doing torus and witnessing the impact our carbon footprint has on the planet. Andy is also known as an Eco-Adventurer and reporter to BBC who spent two years driving around the world in a bus-powered by cooking oil. Peg was inspired to change all things in his life that were unsustainable, which eventually led him to experiment with all kinds of power resources during his journeys.

Today, Andy Peg relies on his entertaining talks to share how all his adventurous and experimental journeys have taken him closer to understanding what sustainability really means and even more insights on how to achieve it.

4. Greta Thunberg

There is no social media platform or News channels who don’t mention her name. Greta Thunberg is a 16-years-old Swedish climate activist famous for striking outside the parliament building in Stockholm. Greta is now the founder of the Fridays for Future, a climate change movement famous among young people. Although diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Asperger and selective mutism, Greta inspired many other young people with speech impediments to take action and raise their voice. Her ardent speeches left powerful politicians speechless, and many young people inspired around the world.

Famous for her “only speak when necessary”, made young activists around the globe to credit Greta’s unyielding dedication and bravery to advocate for climate change for inspiring them to take action in their own cities.

Through her name, bravery and dedication Greta has helped mobilize the young mind movement that has brought more than 1.6 million people into the stress around the work to ask for greater defense for our planet. According to Greta “you are never too small to make a difference no matter where you come from.”  

5. Vic Barrett

Vic comes from New York, and she first felt our impact on climate change after witnessing Hurricane Sandy. Vic is now a partner with the Alliance for Climate Education, and he spoke for the climate change at the U.N. headquarters in New York City. Soon after she marched for solidarity with more than 500.00 people at the People’s Climate March, he started to organize all kinds of local climate campaigns.

He is currently an undergraduate student at UW-Madison and can be found among 21 youth activists who are vigorously charging the government to take a stand in climate change.

6. Severn Cullis-Suzuki 

Since she was only 12-year-old, Severn Cullis Suzuki was eager to grab international attention. She delivered a speech at the Rio Earth Summit, asking for the delegates to take greater actions at preserving the planet. 

Since then she continued to fight for environmental changes – justice for future generations – sharing to people around the world the view of returning back to our most profound human values and taking action with the future in mind. In 2000, Cullis took part in a cycling trip across Canada for climate change awareness and clean air to the gratitude of responsibility agreement, which she took to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.