Climate & Environment

Greta Thunberg says ‘fight only just begun’ after her final school strike

The Swedish climate activist was named Time magazine’s person of the year in 2019 and received several nominations for the Nobel peace prize

  • June 9, 2023
Great Thunberg staged her first school climate strike in 2018

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist, has taken part in her final school strike to draw attention to climate change.

Thunberg, 20, started staging Friday protests outside the Swedish parliament during school hours in 2018. Teenagers from around the world followed her lead, leading to an international student movement called Fridays for Future.

The campaigner has now graduated from high school and noted that her future Friday activities “technically” will not be school striking. But ...