The climate activist said that trials like hers brought attention to climate change and that she would continue to protest.
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Greta Thunberg Ends Her School Strikes After 251 Weeks
The climate activist, who has inspired young people around the world to demand action against climate change, graduated from high school on Friday in Sweden.
New Brand of Activist Takes Aim at Ukraine War and Climate Crisis, Together
Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe’s leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia — to end the fighting and to save the planet.
Young Climate Activists Say COP26 Has Unified Them
Young activists from across the world expressed disappointment at what they see as empty promises from world leaders.
COP26 Protesters Back an Array of Causes, Connected by Climate Change
Thousands gathered in the rain in Glasgow to press the case for more urgent and meaningful action by world leaders in response to global warming.
Greta Thunberg Assails Leaders Outside COP26 Climate Summit
“The governments of the global north countries are still refusing to take any drastic climate action,” she told protesters in Glasgow.
At COP26, Youth Want Action, Accountability as Protesters Rally
For many, the climate conference has inspired mixed emotions: concern that their voices were not really being listened to, but also hope that their presence would help drive change.
Greta Thunberg Is Mobbed as She Arrives in Glasgow for COP26
The activist, whose solo climate strikes in 2018 helped fuel a youth climate movement, was greeted with a mix of cheers and yells upon arriving in the city, according to videos.
German Protesters Call for Climate Action as Election Nears
Protests took place worldwide, but those in Germany had heightened urgency amid calls for the next government to do something about climate change.
Activists Call for U.N. Climate Talks to Be Postponed on Pandemic Concerns
The Climate Action Network said coronavirus conditions would mean many representatives would not be able to attend the annual conference, set this year for Scotland.