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Who is Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg

About Greta Thunberg

Who is Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg, who seems to have understood the importance of climate change at an early age, is a 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist born on January 3, 2003, in Stockholm, to opera singer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg. In a very short span, Thunberg became the global face of the growing youth movement against climate inaction.
 
In August 2018, Greta Thunberg started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish Parliament next to a hand-written sign: "School Strike for Climate". Since then, she has gone global, striking a chord with young people dissatisfied by the slow progress in climate change
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Latest Updates on Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

Thunberg described Azerbaijan as a repressive, occupying state, which has committed ethnic cleansing, and which is continuing cracking down on Azerbaijani civil society

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Updated On : 12 Nov 2024 | 8:11 AM IST

Greta Thunberg charged with public order offence in UK over protest

Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who chanted oily money out and sought to block access to the hotel on Tuesday

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Updated On : 18 Oct 2023 | 6:07 PM IST

Here's why Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in London

Greta Thunberg's latest arrest adds to a series of trouble the 20-year-old activist is facing with the law. Here is everything you need to know about Thunberg's activism, critique, and arrests

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Updated On : 18 Oct 2023 | 1:00 PM IST

Climate activist Greta Thunberg fined again for climate protest in Sweden

On Sept 15, she was charged with disobedience to law enforcement for refusing to obey police asking her to leave the scene. She then was dragged away by two uniformed officers

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Updated On : 11 Oct 2023 | 10:30 PM IST

Greta Thunberg to appear in Swedish court on charge of disobeying police

Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported that Thunberg and other activists were detained after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malm on June 19

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Updated On : 24 Jul 2023 | 1:25 PM IST

Climate activist Greta won't be school striking but vows to still protest

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday she will no longer be able to skip classes as a way to draw attention to climate change because she is graduating from high school

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Updated On : 09 Jun 2023 | 6:02 PM IST

Greta Thunberg, Swedish activists sue state over its climate policies

More than 600 young people under the age of 26 signed the 87-page document that is the basis for the lawsuit which was filed in the Stockholm District Court

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Updated On : 25 Nov 2022 | 10:02 PM IST

Greta Thunberg calls Glasgow COP26 climate summit 'a failure'

Greta Thunberg called the UN climate talks in Glasgow "so far a failure", accusing leaders of actively creating loopholes in the rules and greenwashing their countries' emissions.

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Updated On : 06 Nov 2021 | 9:37 AM IST

Thunberg chides world leaders for 'blah, blah, blah' on climate

Thunberg, who coalesced the global protest movement Fridays for Future, optimistically said it wasn't too late to reverse climate trends

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Updated On : 28 Sep 2021 | 7:54 PM IST

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins fight against vaccine inequity

Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the world to step up their game to fight vaccine inequity after the richest countries snatched up most Covid-19 vaccine doses

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Updated On : 20 Apr 2021 | 6:27 AM IST

Greta Thunberg's comments not bilateral issue between India, Sweden: MEA

The matter did not come up during an online summit between the prime ministers of the two countries on Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs said

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2021 | 8:22 PM IST

Toolkit case: Nikita Jacob moves Delhi court for anticipatory bail

Jacob is accused along with Disha Ravi in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a 'toolkit' on social media related to the farmers' protest

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Updated On : 01 Mar 2021 | 8:24 PM IST

Right to peaceful protest non-negotiable: Thunberg on Disha Ravi's arrest

Greta Thunberg on Saturday responded to the arrest and said freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest are non-negotiable human rights

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Updated On : 20 Feb 2021 | 7:49 AM IST

Sedition vs dissent

The law is increasingly being misused against critics

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Updated On : 17 Feb 2021 | 11:35 PM IST

Toolkit case: Bombay HC grants transit pre-arrest bail to Nikita Jacob

Justice P D Naik gave Jacob three weeks' time to approach the court concerned in Delhi for relief

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Updated On : 17 Feb 2021 | 2:35 PM IST

Climate activist Disha Ravi's NGO faced heat from Centre last year too

Indian arm of Greta Thunberg's climate group, FFF's website was then shut, its emails blocked

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Some were making 'toolkit' against India when we were making PPEs: Minister

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday said while India was making PPE kits for the world, some people were busy "making tool kit against Indians"

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2021 | 2:23 AM IST

Toolkit case: Lawyer, green activist move Bombay HC for transit bail

An advocate and an environmental activist on Monday moved the Bombay High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail after they were named as suspects in a case filed by the Delhi police

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Updated On : 15 Feb 2021 | 11:27 PM IST

Toolkit case: Activists, environmentalists demand release of Disha Ravi

Social activists and environmentalists called for immediate release of climate activist Disha Ravi who was arrested in the 'toolkit' document case

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Updated On : 15 Feb 2021 | 2:54 PM IST

Toolkit case: Court sends 21-year-old climate activist to 5-day custody

Disha Ravi, arrested by a Cyber Cell team of the Delhi Police from Bengaluru on Saturday, was produced before a court here and police sought her seven days' custody

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Updated On : 14 Feb 2021 | 5:04 PM IST