Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is Time' 2019 Person Of The Year
Sumaira FH Published December 11, 2019 | 08:36 PM
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of conscience for a generation facing the climate change emergency, was announced Wednesday as Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year
The 16-year-old first hit the headlines for her solo strike against global warming outside Sweden's parliament last year.
"We can't just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow. That is all we are saying," Thunberg told Time.
The magazine interviewed Thunberg aboard the sailboat that took her from the United States to Europe after a hectic 11-week North American trip to several US cities and Canada.
Thunberg has taken her disarmingly straightforward message -- "listen to the scientists" -- to global decision-makers, accusing them of inaction.
The Swedish activist was in Madrid as the award was announced,at a UN climate forum tasked with saving the world from runaway globalwarming.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
UAF to ink MoU with Ethiopian universities
IP rights crucial in achieving SDG : Jam Kamal
Commissioner urges effective action against electricity theft
PAK-EPA's clean lab boosts environmental analysis capabilities with advanced ICP ..
MoU was signed between Punjab Police, KIPS education system
Russia targets Ukraine railways as Western aid due to arrive
Football: French Ligue 1 table
Miner Anglo American rejects BHP's near $39-billion takeover bid
115 held for selling roti at higher rate
New Zealand cricket CEO visits PSCA, expresses satisfaction over security arrang ..
NAB Lahore holds open court, promises compensations for victims
2 injured over money dispute
More Stories From World
-
Russia targets Ukraine railways as Western aid due to arrive
32 minutes ago -
Miner Anglo American rejects BHP's near $39-billion takeover bid
44 minutes ago -
At least 10 people killed in Brazil fire: officials
40 minutes ago -
Junta-led Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for two weeks
40 minutes ago -
Saudi to host top Arab, EU diplomats for Gaza talks: officials
44 minutes ago -
Kenya flood death toll since March climbs to 70: govt
38 minutes ago
-
US Fed's favored inflation measure accelerates in March
2 hours ago -
Kenya flood death toll since March climbs to 70: govt
2 hours ago -
Russia striking Ukraine railways to 'paralyse' army cargo: Ukraine source
2 hours ago -
French barber still trimming at 90
2 hours ago -
Russia striking Ukraine railways to 'paralyse' army cargo
2 hours ago -
UK man charged with 'Russia-backed arson plot' on Ukraine-linked targets
3 hours ago