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The situation made her depressed and as a result, at the age of 11, she stopped talking and eating much and lost ten kilograms (22 lb) in two months. Thunberg says she first heard about climate change in 2011, when she was eight years old, and could not understand why so little was being done about it. Greta Thunberg, Stockholm, November 2018 That basically means I only speak when I think it's necessary. I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, OCD and selective mutism. Her paternal grandfather was actor and director Olof Thunberg. Greta Thunberg was born on 3 January 2003, in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of opera singer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg. 4.5 Photoshopped images and fat shaming.She received numerous honours and awards, including an honorary Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, inclusion in Time's 100 most influential people, being the youngest Time Person of the Year, inclusion in the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women (2019), and nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Her influence on the world stage has been described by The Guardian and other newspapers as the "Greta effect". Her sudden rise to world fame made her both a leader in the activist community and a target for critics, especially due to her youth. Her speech there, in which she exclaimed " How dare you", was widely taken up by the press and incorporated into music. To avoid carbon-intensive flying, Thunberg sailed in a yacht to North America, where she attended the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit.
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In 2019, there were multiple coordinated multi-city protests involving over a million students each. After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, student strikes took place every week somewhere in the world. Together they organized a school climate strike movement under the name Fridays for Future. Soon other students engaged in similar protests in their own communities. In August 2018, at age 15, she 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). Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded her parents to adopt lifestyle choices that reduced their own carbon footprint. Thunberg initially gained notice for her youth and her straightforward and blunt speaking manner, both in public and to political leaders and assemblies, in which she criticizes world leaders for their failure to take what she considers sufficient action to address the climate crisis. She speaks fluent English, and most of her public interactions are in English. Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg ( Swedish: ( listen) born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Nordic Council Environment Prize (declined) (2019).International Children's Peace Prize (2019).