Greta Thunberg

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been immortalized in a gigantic new street art mural. Aerosol artist Jody Thomas finished his portrait of the 16-year-old schoolgirl from Sweden on the side of the 15-meter-high Tobacco Factory building in h…

As we watch the youth take to the streets over climate change, and read daily news reports on sea-level rise, glacier melt rates and the alarming amount of carbon in the atmosphere, many are left with a desire to act. Yet, the gravity of the climate crisis …

With the Extinction Rebellion protests and the arrival of Greta Thunberg, climate change dominates the political agenda in a way it hasnt done in years. The news that the UK went a whole week without using coal went viral around the world after Leonardo Di Ca…

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen who was the spark that lit the global movement of student climate strikes, told world leaders theyve failed to address climate change and called on adults to join student strikers. The 16-year-old spoke twice at the R20 Austri…

When it comes to climate change, some believe we are witnessing a seismic shift in institutional power, driven by what people are calling the existential threat from climate change. But Im not so sure. The US was one of 132 nations to sign off on a recent UN…

Opinion 28. May, 17:16A clear majority, including among populist parties, agree that the EU has added value. For the pro-EU forces, it is time to clarify and consolidate our vision, without ignoring the populists' election results.

By Lauren Rearick Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden, directly addressed politicians and business leaders attending the Austrian World Summit on Thursday, May 28. There, she stood up to people over twice her age and told them they hav…

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is urging world leaders to acknowledge that global warming "is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced." Thunberg told political and business leaders at a conference in Austria on Tuesday that it's their job to info…

In this edition of SPOTM: Millie Bobby Brown, Greta Thunberg, a drag kid and Netflix doing its best to put the one-eye sign in our faces. The 16-year-old Swedish girl Greta Thunberg is currently (as media puts it) one of the hottest names in global politics.…

In an era where students take to the streets every Friday to protest against climate change, young voters have precipitated a seismic shift in German politics. Sunday's European Parliament elections saw the Green Party catapulted to second place in the Germa…