Greta Thunberg

About Greta Thunberg

She is a well-known Swedish activist who has garnered notoriety for her efforts to combat climate change and global warming. In August 2018, she became famous for organizing the world's first school strike for climate change outside Sweden's parliament. She delivered a speech during the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, chastising world leaders for not doing more to combat climate change.

Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is an internationally recognized Swedish environmentalist for pushing world leaders to take immediate action on climate change. Thunberg was first noticed for her youthfulness and frank speech, both in public and before leaders and political councils, in which she criticized world leaders for them. inability to take what she considers to be sufficient measures to cope with the climate crisis. Thunberg's active work began after convincing his parents to embrace a number of lifestyle choices to reduce their own carbon footprint. In August 2018, at the age of 15, she began spending time studying outside the Swedish Parliament to call for stronger action on climate change by holding up a sign that read Skolstrejk för klimatet. Soon, other students took part in similar protests in their communities. Together they organized a school climate strike called Friday for the Future.

Honors	Doctor honoris causa, University of Mons
Occupation	Student, environmental activist
Years active	2018–present
Relatives	Olof Thunberg (grandfather)
Born	Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg, January 3, 2003, Stockholm, Sweden
Parent(s)	Malena Ernman (mother)
Movement	School strike for climate

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Trivia

She has over 4.1 million followers on Twitter. She was named by Time Magazine as one of the world's 25 most influential teenagers in December 2018. She addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference that same month. 

Greta Thunberg before fame

She was diagnosed with OCD, Asperger syndrome, and selective mutism as a young girl. In reaction to a heat wave and wildfires, she opted not to return to school until the August 2018 Swedish national elections.

Achievement of Greta Thunberg

On Twitter, she has almost 4.9 million followers. In December 2018, Time Magazine named her one of the world's 25 most important teenagers. In the same month, she spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Greta Thunberg family life

Malena Ernman, an opera singer, is her mother. Beata, her younger sister, is also a performer. Svante Thunberg, a Swedish performer, is her father.

Associations of Greta Thunberg

She and Marley Dias were both selected to Time Magazine's top 25 most influential teammates list in 2018.

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