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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.
Jun 7, 2024 · Greta Thunberg (born January 3, 2003, Stockholm, Sweden) is a 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).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 6, 2019 · Greta Thunberg: How one teenager became the voice of the planet. When adults wouldn't listen, Greta Thunberg started to strike. Now millions of school children around the world follow her....
- Amelia Tait
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 ...
Greta Thunberg has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change.