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Greta Thunberg: climate activist celebrates her birthday - and that, in the well-known manner

2020-02-19T12:14:50.219Z


At 16 she became world famous - now Greta Thunberg is 17 years old. She just celebrates her birthday a little differently.


At 16 she became world famous - now Greta Thunberg is 17 years old. She just celebrates her birthday a little differently.

  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg turned 17 on January 3, 2020
  • The young Swedes went on strike on her birthday too
  • Her followers congratulate her and encourage her

Stockholm - At the age of 15 she sat in front of the parliament in Stockholm, at 16 she became world famous. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has turned 17 today. And she stays true to her principles even on her birthday. Your birthday falls on a Friday - and thus a day of protest.

Greta Thunberg: Climate activist goes on strike on her birthday

Early in the morning she stood in front of the Stockholm Reichstag and protested with her sign for climate protection. "School strike week 72" she commented on her picture on Twitter. Under her post, her followers congratulate and encourage Greta Thunberg not to stop the strikes. The climate activist recently received an unusual piece of advice. Many fans were disgusted.

School strike week 72. # fridaysforfuture #climatestrike # schoolstrike4climate pic.twitter.com/E5epI2bawt

- Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 3, 2020

The beginning of Greta's "school strike for the climate" and the associated foundation of the "Fridays for Future" movement was not even a year and a half ago. In August 2018, she sat in front of the Swedish parliament in protest to urge politicians to do more for the climate and compliance with the Paris climate goals.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg: high profile 2019

Greta Thunberg first gained international recognition in December 2018 a few weeks before her 16th birthday. She gave a speech at the World Climate Conference in Katowice, Poland, calling on world politicians to act against the climate crisis. Her emotional and remarkable anger speech in New York also received great attention *.

Last year, Thunberg was named Person of the Year by “Time” magazine as the youngest personality of all time. "Greta Thunberg has become the most compelling voice for our planet's most important issue," said the US magazine. This comes as no surprise - after all, Thunberg comes from a famous family. This applies to mother, father and grandparents * - by the way: Greta Thunberg has long published her first book and there are numerous books on the environmental activist on the market - also written by her mother.

For the first time since September, climate activist Greta Thunberg and US President Donald Trump will be at the same location again. The two meet at the 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

US rock singer Meat Loaf spoke critically about Greta Thunberg in an interview. He has a theory about the young Swede. The jury made reference to the climate debate fueled by Greta in the election for the “Word of the Year”. Member of the Bundestag Philipp Amthor (CDU) also criticizes the Swedish climate activist - and he puts forward an explosive theory.

There was also excitement about a photo from Davos, on which climate activists from all over the world posed alongside Greta Thunberg. The African representative was cut out.

Greta Thunberg plans to register a brand - her own climate movement "Fridays for Future". Your reasoning for this sounds drastic.

With dpa

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

List of rubric lists: © dpa / Claudio Bresciani

Source: merkur

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