Time 23Mar2020

Greta Thunberg

2019 PERSON OF THE YEAR | THE POWER OF YOUTH

Greta Thunberg most famously acted on her conscience in August 2018, when the then 15-year-old staged

a school strike in front of the Swedish Parliament to protest government inaction on climate change. By

September 2019, an estimated 4 million people had joined her in the largest climate demonstration in history.

TIME named her its youngest ever individual Person of the Year. “We are the ones right now who are leading the

way,” she told thousands at a strike in Madrid. “The people in power need to catch up with us.” —Suyin Haynes

‘I HAVE JUST

ACTED ON MY

CONSCIENCE

AND DONE WHAT

EVERYONE

SHOULD BE

DOING.’

2010s

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