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Birth
She was born on 3 January 2003 in Stockholm. She's the daughter of opera singer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg. -
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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg
born 3 January 2003 is a Swedish environmental activist on climate change whose campaigning has gained international recognition. -
first time she heard about global warming
Thunberg says she first heard about climate change in 2011, when she was eight years old, and could not understand why so little was being done about it. The situation made her depressed -
Her solutions in her family
She has said she tried showing them graphs and data, but when that did not work, she warned her family that they were stealing her future. Giving up flying in part meant her mother had to give up her international career as an opera singer. Thunberg credits her parents' eventual response and lifestyle changes with giving her hope and belief that she could make a difference. The family story is recounted in the 2018 book Scenes from the Heart. -
Asperger diagnosis
Her Asperger diagnosis was made public nationwide in Sweden by her mother in May 2015, in order to help other families in a similar situation. -
all around Europe
After October 2018, Thunberg's activism evolved from solitary protesting to taking part in demonstrations throughout Europe; making several high-profile public speeches, and mobilising her growing number of followers on social media platforms. -
climate change essay competition
In May 2018, Thunberg won a climate change essay competition held by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. In part, she wrote "I want to feel safe. How can I feel safe when I know we are in the greatest crisis in human history?” -
school strikes for the climate
In August 2018, at age 15, she started spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change by holding up a sign reading Skolstrejk för klimatet (School strike for the climate). -
reason for school strikes for climate
In an interview, she said she first got the idea of a climate strike after school shootings in the United States in February 2018 led to several youths refusing to go back to school. These teen activists at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, went on to organise the March for Our Lives in support of greater gun control. -
December 2018 elections
After the December 2018 general elections, Thunberg continued to strike only on Fridays. She inspired school students across the globe to take part in student strikes. That month, more than 20,000 students had held strikes in at least 270 cities. -
Nobel Peace Prize.
Thunberg was also nominated for both the 2019 and 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. -
his father interview
Interviewed in December 2019 by the BBC, her father said his wife stopped flying to try to 'save' their daughter rather than the climate. He added: "To be honest, (her mother) didn't do it to save the climate. She did it to save her child because she saw how much it meant to her, and then, when she did that, she saw how much (Greta) grew from that, how much energy she got from it." -
next generation leader
In May 2019, Thunberg was featured on the cover of Time magazine, which named her a "next generation leader" and said that many see her as a role model. -
HOW DARE YOU ?
Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg caused a stir at the United Nations on Monday 23 September with her blistering criticism of world leaders' inaction on climate change. And with his now famous phrase "how dare you" -
Davos
She says world leaders “haven’t seen anything yet,” as protesters plan to head to Davos next week to push leaders to do more to tackle the climate crisis.“And so far, during this decade, we have seen no signs whatsoever that real climate action is coming. And that has to change,” said, while speaking to a crowd of thousands of protestors“ To the world leaders and those in power, I would like to say that you have not seen anything yet. You have not seen the last of us, we can assure you of that."
