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Greta Thunberg as was born on January 3, 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden. Greta Thunberg’s mother was an opera singer while her father was an actor. She first learned about climate change around age 8. She focused deeply on climate change a little after she first learned about it. She changed some of her habits in becoming a vegan and refusing to rude on an airplane because livestock and airplanes contribute a lot to global warming.

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Greta Thunberg | Biography, Climate Change, & Activism

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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.’

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Greta Thunberg was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, which is considered an autism spectrum disorder. Her Asperger syndrome is also accompanied by obsessive compulsive disorder, but she still found a way to persevere and used these to motivate herself to work harder and voice out her opinions of climate change.

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Greta Thunberg is known for protesting outside the Swedish parliament in 2018 while holding a sign that read, "School Strike for Climate." She skipped school on Fridays to protest. "Fridays For Future" was launched in which many youths in Europe pressured leaders and lawmakers to act on climate change as they did walkouts. She was invited to speak at numerous rallies in Stockholm, London, and Brussels. In December 2018, she gave a speech at the United Nations COP24 in Katowice, Poland. She was also invited to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City and met with former President Barack Obama and spoke before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Select Committee in Washington D.C. She then walked with millions of protesters in New York City to demand climate action at the New York City Global Climate Strike.

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Who Is Greta Thunberg?

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate youth activist who sparked an international movement to fight climate change beginning in 2018. With the simple message "School strike for climate" handwritten on poster board, Thunberg began skipping school on Fridays and protesting outside the Swedish Parliament. Thanks to social media, her actions have spread and influenced millions of young people all over the world to organize and protest.

Launching "Fridays For Future," Thunberg and other concerned youths throughout Europe have continued to pressure leaders and lawmakers to act on climate change through their regular walkouts. Thunberg has also traveled the world, meeting with global leaders and speaking at assemblies to demand climate solutions and a recommitment to the Paris Agreement. Recently diagnosed with Asperger's, the activist has publicly shared her views on her disorder, referring to it as her "superpower."

Thunberg was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in March 2019, and a few months later she became the youngest individual ever to be honored as Time's Person of the Year.

Early Life

Thunberg was born on January 3, 2003, in Stockholm, Sweden. Thunberg began her climate activism at age 15. Thunberg was born and raised in an artistic family. Her mother, Malena Ernman, is an opera singer, and her father, Svante Thunberg, is an actor. She has a younger sister, Beata, who is a popular singer in Sweden. Like her sister, Beata has been open about her own challenges dealing with disorders like ADHD and OCD.

Climate Activism

Thunberg was only eight when she first learned about the climate crisis. Since then, she has made efforts to lower her carbon footprint by not flying and becoming vegan and has influenced her family to do the same.

As the face of the climate youth movement, Thunberg has been invited to speak at numerous rallies including ones in Stockholm, London and Brussels. In December 2018, her speech at the United Nations COP24 in Katowice, Poland, went viral.

"You are not mature enough to tell it like is," she said at the summit, addressing the Secretary-General. "Even that burden you leave to us children. But I don't care about being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet."

Cross-Atlantic Trip to the United States

Invited to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City, which took place in September 2019, Thunberg traveled across the Atlantic on a zero-emissions yacht, accompanied by her father and a supporting crew. Taking a little over two weeks, the yacht arrived in New York City on August 28th, and from there, Thunberg visited with President Barack Obama and later spoke before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Select Committee in Washington D.C. on September 18th.

Known for her blunt speaking style, Thunberg barely spoke before the committees and instead pushed forward the latest UN report. "I don't want you to listen to me," she said. "I want you to listen to the scientists."

Historical Climate-Change Protest in NYC

Two days later on September 20th, Thunberg walked with millions of protesters in New York City to demand climate action at the New York City Global Climate Strike. The demonstration became the largest climate protest in history with a total of 4 million people marching all over the world. The next day, she spoke at the UN Youth Climate Summit.

United Nations Climate Action Summit, 'How Dare You' Speech

Although the world's eyes were already on the teen activist, her speech on September 21, 2019, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit brought headline news. Speaking before leaders, lawmakers and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Thunberg lambasted them with one of her most indignant speeches.

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing," she said. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"

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She added: "For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight... You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you."

Days later, Thunberg joined 15 other young climate activists to file an official complaint that five countries - Argentina, France, Germany, Brazil and Turkey - have not honored their Paris Agreement pledges and have therefore violated the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty.

President Trump's Response

Thunberg's "How Dare You" speech attracted so much attention that President Donald Trump, a vehement climate change denier, felt compelled to offer a mocking tweet: "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!" he wrote.

In response, Thunberg changed her Twitter bio temporarily, using Trump's language against him. Her profile read: "A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."

COP25

In December 2019, Thunberg was among the speakers at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. She also attended another major climate demonstration in the city, telling her fellow protesters, "The hope is not within the walls of COP25; the hope is out here with you."

Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

In March 2019, Thunberg was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her climate activism. However, she lost the award to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

'Time' Person of the Year

On December 11, 2019, Thunberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year; a month shy of her 17th birthday, she became the youngest individual to earn the honor.

"Thunberg has become the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet," wrote the Time editor-in-chief. "This was the year the climate crisis went from behind the curtain to center stage, from ambient political noise to squarely on the world's agenda, and no one did more to make that happen than Thunberg.

Future Plans

Taking a year off of school to campaign for climate action, Thunberg plans to travel to Mexico, Canada and South America to meet with environmental activists and see firsthand the regions most affected by climate change.

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Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate youth activist who sparked an international movement to fight climate change beginning in 2018. With the simple message "School strike for climate" handwritten on poster board, Thunberg began skipping school on Fridays and protesting outside the Swedish Parliament.

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I chose Greta Thunberg because she was very involved and outspoken about climate change. She was extremely passionate about this one topic and it inspired me to strive to be as passionate about something as she was about climate change and global warming. She stood out to me because she is a public figure who started being involved at such a young age and overcame adversities and can do all of these things with her Asperger syndrome and her obsessive compulsive disorder. She is an inspiring young woman.

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Greta Thunberg has won the Glamour Award for the Revolutionary, Shorty Award for Best in Activism, she was TIME Magazine's youngest person of the year, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice, and founded Fridays For Future. She also won the Ambassador of Conscience Award, the Rachel Carson Prize, the German Gloden Camera award, and the Swedish Woman of the Year award.

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg won a German Golden Camera award on Saturday.

The award is one of the most recognized media awards in Germany. It was originally awarded to television personalities, but has since been expanded to international stars.

"Greta Thunberg became an icon of a new youth and protest movement within a very short time as a climate activist. Every Friday, hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren and students from all over the world take to the streets to persuade politicians to take action," the organization said in a statement.

Read more: Fridays for Future: The #Climatestrike movement comes of age

"For Greta Thunberg there is no perhaps or sometime, but only a NOW. She shows that a single voice can be heard and make a difference. She is stubborn and determined in her demands for climate protection. Her words are rapidly disseminated in the social and classical media, and her mission is supported by new followers every day."

In her acceptance speech, the 16-year-old called for urgent steps to combat climate change, saying the world is at a crossroads. She called on media celebrities to use their voices to help effect change, criticizing them for the lack of action to date.
Time is now
"There is still a little time to change something. But this time must now be used for more climate protection," she said.

She dedicated the special prize to the activists who protest against the destruction of the Hambach Forest, which is threatened by lignite mining.

Thunberg's impassioned campaign against climate change has inspired young people around the world to take action. The Fridays fo Future school strikes have proliferated around the world.

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg won a German Golden Camera award on Saturday. The award is one of the most recognized media awards in Germany. It was originally awarded to television personalities, but has since been expanded to international stars.