【明報專訊】瑞典抗氣候變化少女通貝裡（Greta Thunberg）藉由每週五的氣候罷課喚起全球關注，更獲諾貝爾和平獎提名。其父親斯萬特（Svante）接受英國廣播公司（BBC）訪問時透露，環保抗爭讓女兒走出抑鬱，但亦為她為「走上前線」招來仇恨憂心。
身教掀興趣 不想女兒上前線
在BBC時事節目Today週一（12月30日）播出的訪問中，斯萬特憶述通貝裡12歲時確診亞氏保加症，並在展開氣候罷課前三四年前患上抑鬱症，不再說話、上學，甚至拒絕進食，儼如「終極噩夢」。為改善其病情，斯萬通決定一家人多花時間相處，其間各人開始討論氣候變化，引起通貝裡的興趣。斯萬通稱，隨著兩夫妻開始改變生活習慣，例如避免乘飛機出行、茹素，通貝裡從中獲得力量，慢慢改變，並在推動反氣候變化的行動中變得快樂。他坦言，雖然環保是正確行動，但他身體力行並非為改變氣候，而是為了「拯救自己的孩子」，「我只想我的女兒快樂」。
不過，斯萬通表示不支持女兒為氣候抗爭罷課，亦認為她在「前線」對抗氣候變化「是壞主意」。他說，許多不想為氣候改變生活方式的人紛紛攻擊通貝裡，關於她的各種假新聞與產生的仇恨尤惹憂慮。
通貝裡亦在訪問中表示「很期待重返校園」，「只想像其他人一樣，有平常的生活，不用籌辦遊行等，因為那不是我想做的事」。她又反擊批評她是「乳臭未乾小孩」的巴西總統博索納羅與斥她有「憤怒管理問題」的美國總統特朗普，認為他們對年輕人帶來改變視為威脅、感到恐懼。她談及2019年紐約氣候大會上離遠盯著特朗普的情景，直言對方不理會科學家與專家的說辭，自己亦不會對他有何建言，免得「浪費時間」。
（BBC/泰晤士報）
English：
https://twitter.com/BBCr4today/status/1120722518980071425
Struggle with depression
Speaking to Husain as part of the show, Mr Thunberg said his daughter had struggled with depression for "three or four years" before she began her school strike.
"She stopped talking... she stopped going to school," he said.
He added that it was the "ultimate nightmare for a parent" when Greta began refusing to eat.
To help her get better, Mr Thunberg spent more time with Greta and her younger sister, Beata, at their home in Sweden. Greta's mother, opera singer and former Eurovision Song Contest participant Malena Ernman, cancelled contracts so the whole family could be together.
The family also sought help from doctors, Mr Thunberg said. Greta was diagnosed with Asperger's - a form of autism - aged 12, something she has said allows her to "see things from outside the box".
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