Greta Thunberg, the world-renowned teen Swedish activist, took the planet by storm in 2019 by sparking worldwide strikes against the inaction towards climate change, effectively becoming the face of the global climate change movement. On January 3, 2020 this brave climate activist turns 17, and on this occasion, The Weather Channel takes a look at […]
No Planet B, say teen activists as 1.8 mn join global climate change strike
Thunberg, 16, said the threat of societal breakdown posed by runaway climate change should overshadow every other campaign issue in the European Union’s parliamentary elections Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg urged European politicians on Friday to focus on a climate crisis instead of “bickering”, as children walked out of classes around the world to back […]
UK becomes first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’
On Wednesday night a bipartisan UK Parliament passed an extraordinary measure: a national declaration of an environment and climate emergency. London: The UK is the first national government to declare an environmental and climate emergency. The decision marks a renewed sense of urgency in tackling climate change, following a visit to Parliament by teenage activist […]