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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ TOON-berry; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
Children often have no voice in terms of global responses to climate change. [5] People living in low-income countries experience a higher burden of disease and are less capable of coping with climate change-related threats. [7] Nearly every child in the world is at risk from climate change and pollution, while almost half are at extreme risk. [8]
Engaging with climate sceptics can be a challenge - but some people are trying to change their minds. Climate change: The young activists changing the sceptics' minds Skip to main content
The #NoFutureNoChildren movement comes during a month full of youth-led climate activism throughout the world. Last Friday, as many as 4 million people — many of them children and students ...
Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In 2005, Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking relief "from human rights violations resulting from the impacts of global warming and climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States."
The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — was awarded Thursday to environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian ...
The young activists have taken lead roles in public protest and advocacy around many issues like climate change, abortion rights and gun violence. [3] Different from past protest or advocacy, technology has become the backbone to many of these modern youth movements. [4]