She went on to pour scorn on British politicians who paid lip service to the issue of climate change while failing to take real action. “We have not taken to the streets for you to take selfies with us, and tell us that you really admire what we do. We children are doing this to wake the adults up.”

Thunberg has woken me up. As an adult woman 11 years her senior, I have to admit that I find her presence on the planet both unspeakably inspiring and slightly shaming. When it came to the environment, I didn’t think I was doing too badly. I recycle; I rarely buy fast fashion; I don’t own a car. I carry a reusable water bottle. I fly rarely. I turn off lights. But seeing Thunberg, a schoolgirl from Stockholm, take the world’s politicians to task over climate change has made me realise something: I’m not doing enough.

All hail Greta Thunberg, the teenager who makes me want to be a better adult