Has the pandemic undermined justice? Tori Tsui, 27, is a climate activist from Hong Kong and New Zealand. She thinks it is wrong to say Covid-19 was good for the climate.
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'People are using Covid as biological warfare'
Has the pandemic undermined justice? Tori Tsui, 27, is a climate activist from Hong Kong and New Zealand. She thinks it is wrong to say Covid-19 was good for the climate.
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Tori is 27. She comes from Hong Kong. Growing up in the city, she saw how pollution harmed the sky.
Now, she fights for eco-friendly travel. In 2019, she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to go to a climate meeting in Chile. Today, she is worried about Covid.
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In 2020 the pandemic changed Tori's life. Lots of people said it was good for the planet. Planes stopped. People drove around less.
But Tori says Covid should make us more worried about the earth. People are still cutting down trees. She says the pandemic is now her biggest worry.
Has the pandemic undermined justice?
Some say
Yes! The news about the climate crisis was very big in 2019. But Covid has been the only thing we have worried about since 2020. People harming the environment have got away with it!
Others think
No. Lockdowns made a big difference. And they showed us how much we can change by stopping flights. World leaders want to fix the problem. That is why they are going to the climate summit this week!
Key words
Activist - Someone who is not willing to let a situation go unnoticed. It is an individual who feels so passionately about a topic, they just can't help doing something to learn more, to raise awareness among others, and to bring about change.
Chile - A country in South America. It has the longest sea coast of any country in the world.
Caribbean - The region of the world that consists of the Caribbean Sea and the islands located in it.
Bristol - A city in southwest England.
Declare - To announce in a formal way.
CThe first head of the Secret Intelligence Service was Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, who signed documents "C". This became his codename, which was inherited by his successors.limate emergency - A phrase that governments and others in charge use to describe the climate crisis. Lots of countries have also followed Bristol's example.
Pandemic - A disease that spreads quickly and affects many individuals at the same time around the world. Covid-19 is a pandemic.
Undermine - To weaken or destroy.
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C - The first head of the Secret Intelligence Service was Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, who signed documents "C". This became his codename, which was inherited by his successors.
‘People are using Covid as biological warfare’
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C - The first head of the Secret Intelligence Service was Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, who signed documents “C”. This became his codename, which was inherited by his successors.