Greta Thunberg

January 3, 2003 — Stockholm, Sweden

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist. She is known for having initiated the school strike for climate movement that formed in November 2018 and surged globally after the COP24 conference in December the same year. Her personal activism began in August 2018, when her recurring and solitary Skolstrejk för klimatet ("School strike for the climate") protesting outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm began attracting media coverage.