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Friday school strikes
More than 17,000 students in 24 countries take part in Friday school strikes. Thunberg begins speaking at high-profile events across Europe, including U.N. climate talks in Poland. -
Fridays for Future
Thunberg begins a regular ‘strike’ from classes every Friday to protest climate issues. She invites other students to join her weekly “Fridays for Future” campaign by staging walkouts at their own schools. -
skips school to protest
Swedish student Thunberg, then aged 15, skips school to protest outside parliament for more action against climate change. -
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climate campaign.
She is joined by fellow students, teachers and parents at another protest and begins attracting media attention for her climate campaign. -
most influential people
Thunberg is named one of the world’s most influential people by Time magazine, appearing on its cover. “Now I am speaking to the whole world,” she wrote on Twitter. -
boycott of Thunberg’s appearance
Conservative and far-right lawmakers urge a boycott of Thunberg’s appearance in the French parliament, mocking her as a “guru of the apocalypse” and a “Nobel prize of fear”. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Thunberg is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The number of students taking part in school strikes hits more than 2 million people across 135 countries. -
Protests
Protests directly inspired by Thunberg take place across more than 30 countries, from Sweden to Brazil, India and the United States. -
hate and conspiracy campaigns
Thunberg hits back at “hate and conspiracy campaigns” after by conservative Australian commentator Andrew Bolt described her as a “deeply disturbed messiah”. -
climate activists
Some 450 young climate activists from 37 European countries gather in Switzerland to discuss the movement’s development. -
sets sail from Britain for the United States
Thunberg sets sail from Britain for the United States to take part in a U.N. climate summit. Meanwhile, the total number of climate strikers reaches 3.6 million people across 169 countries. -
zero-carbon emissions vessel
Thunberg arrives at New York Harbor in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, completing a nearly 14-day journey from England to take part in a U.N. climate summit. -
protest outside the White House
Thunberg takes her mission to U.S. President Donald Trump’s doorstep with a protest outside the White House. -
U.S. congressional hearing
Thunberg is one of four students invited to a U.S. congressional hearing to provide the next generation’s views on climate change. -
speech to leaders at the U.N. summit
Thunberg delivers a speech to leaders at the U.N. summit, accusing them of having “stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words”. -
mockery from the U.S. President
Thunberg hits back at mockery from the U.S. President Donald Trump, changing her Twitter biography to quote his comments. -
Nobel Prize
Thunberg is named as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.
