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Skips school to protest
At the age of 15, she skips school to protest outside parliament for more action against climate change.
After that, other students, parents and teachers join her on the protests and begins attracting media attention for her climate campaign. -
REGULAR STRIKE
In september, Greta beginns a regular strike from classes every Friday to protest climate issues and invites other students around the world to do it. -
Starts speaking in events
More than 17.000 students go on strike and Thunberg starts atending and speacking at high-profile events across Europe. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Greta Thunberg is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. More than 2 milion students take part in the school strike. -
Crossing the Atlantic
Thunberg travels to United States from Britain with a zero carbon emissions vessel to take part in a U.N. climate summit. Meanwhile, the total number of climate strikers reaches 3.6 million people across 169 countries
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Right Livelihood prize
Thunberg is named as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize. -
DONATION UNICEF
Thunberg donates a $100,000 award she received to UNICEF to buy soap, masks and gloves to protect children from the coronavirus pandemic. -
Gulbenkian Prize
Thunberg wins the first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity and donates the 1 million euro prize money to charitable organisations. -
COP26 in Glasgow
The activist announces she will not attend COP26 in Glasgow, because of concerns over vaccine inequality.