Greta Thunberg (born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for pressuring world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate climate change.
Thunberg claims that she first learned about climate change when she was eight years old, and she couldn’t understand why so little was being done about it.
Where does Greta Thunberg live in Sweden?
Greta Thunberg lived in Stockholm, Sweden.
Thunberg began the school climate strikes and public speeches for which she has become an internationally recognized climate activist in August 2018. In an interview with Democracy NowAmy !’s Goodman, she said she got the idea for a climate strike after several students refused to return to school following school shootings in the United States in February 2018.
Thunberg’s activism progressed from solitary protesting to participating in demonstrations across Europe, giving several high-profile public speeches, and mobilizing her growing number of social media followers.
Thunberg continued to strike only on Fridays after the December 2018 general elections. Thunberg inspired students all over the world to participate in student protests. More than 20,000 students had gone on strike in at least 270 cities that month.
