Who Is Greta Thunberg?

In August 2018, at age 15, Greta started spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change by holding up a sign reading Skolstrejk för klimatet (School strike for climate). One year later, Thunberg sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth, England, to New York, USA, in the 60-foot (18 m) racing yacht Malizia II, to speak at the United Nations, and later at government and public spaces to raise awareness of climate change and the work that can be done to help the global eco-system.

"Greta Effect" & Legacy

Following her many public speeches at different forums, and extensive news coverage about her and her movement, in June 2019, a poll in Britain found that public concern about the environment had soared to record levels in the UK since Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion had "pierced the bubble of denial".^[117] In August 2019, publication and sales of children's books about the climate crisis reportedly doubled compared to the previous year. Publishers attribute this to the "Greta effect".^[118] Inspired by Thunberg, wealthy philanthropists and investors from the United States have donated about $600,000^[119] to support Extinction Rebellion and school strike groups to establish the Climate Emergency Fund.^{[120][121][122]} In December 2019, the New Scientist described the impact made by Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion with the headline: "The year the world woke up to climate change".^[123]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg