The Climate Commencement Speech Our College Grads Deserve

We’ve handed our children a nightmare, and it’s time to tell them the truth

Aaron Gell
OneZero
Published in
9 min readMay 29, 2019

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Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty

Good afternoon to the graduating class of 2019! Wow. You did it.

To the administration and faculty, to the parents and friends, and to the many distinguished guests joining us today, thank you so much for being here.

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Aaron Gell
OneZero
Writer for

Medium editor-at-large, with bylines in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the New York Times and numerous other publications. ¶ aarongell.com