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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
May 9, 2024 · Greta Thunberg is one of the world's best-known climate change campaigners. She has been credited with raising public awareness, especially amongst young people. Who is Greta...
Jun 7, 2024 · Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change, founding (2018) a movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate). She was internationally prominent, and her influence was known as ‘the Greta effect.’
Apr 6, 2024 · Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by Dutch police at a protest in The Hague. The 21-year-old joined hundreds of protesters in a march against fossil fuel subsidies on...
Jun 10, 2023 · For five years, Greta Thunberg has spent her Fridays in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm instead of in class; after 251 weeks, she is hanging up her cardboard protest sign — as a...
Oct 12, 2021 · At 15, Greta Thunberg began her journey into activism when she demanded action on climate change outside the Swedish Parliament. In the years following, she became a leading voice in the fight to...
Oct 23, 2021 · Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too. In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26...
In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world's attention.
Feb 22, 2019 · Greta Thunberg: ‘All my life I’ve been the invisible girl’. The climate activist on becoming the face of a global movement — and why she sees her Asperger’s as a gift. Leslie Hook....
An illustrated timeline of how Greta Thunberg rose from a solo campaigner to the leader of a global movement in 2019.