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Witness History: The child climate activist of the 1990s

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The child climate activist of the 1990s

BBC World Service - Witness History, The child climate activist of the 1990s

Severn Cullis-Suzuki was 12 when she spoke to world leaders at the UN Earth Summit in Rio

Severn Cullis-Suzuki was only 12-years old when she urged world leaders to act on the environment in a speech at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio.

Long before Greta Thunberg, there was 12-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki, the girl who stood in front of world leaders and implored them to take action to save our environment. Speaking at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Severn caught the attention of the media with her passion and anger. Severn has been speaking to Phil Marzouk about her feelings then and how they’ve changed over the intervening decades.

Photo: Severn Cullis-Suzuki (2nd left) and her friends at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Courtesy of Severn Cullis-Suzuki.

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