Greta Thunberg cut a frail and lonely figure when she started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish parliament building last August. The global climate strike this Friday is gearing up to be one of the biggest environmental protests the world has ever seen. Greta was part of a group that wanted to do something similar to raise awareness about climate change, but they couldn’t agree what. Last year’s UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change spelled out the dangers of surpassing 1.5C of global warming. In a recent interview, Rentzhog defended his actions, denied exploiting Greta and said that climate change, not profit, was his motive.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2019 06:00 UTC