How a letter to her grandmother fueled a global climate movement

Xiye Bastida: If you adults won't save the world, we will · 8:50 · Video: TED · Watch at the source

In short: Xiye Bastida reflects on the personal values that drive her activism, from local school strikes to the United Nations Climate Summit.

In this moving reflection, Bastida traces her journey as a leading voice for global climate activism. She explores how the values passed down by her family provided the resilience and resolve needed to mobilize school climate strikes and speak alongside Greta Thunberg at the United Nations Climate Summit.

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