Activist Greta Thunberg is named Time's magazine Person of the Year, while speaking at the COP25 summit in Madrid, accusing business and political leaders of misleading the public.
Greta Thunberg, the teen activist from Sweden who has urged immediate action to address a global climate crisis, has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019.Former US Vice President Al Gore, a longtime environmentalist, said the magazine made a"brilliant choice"Sixteen-year-old Ms Thunberg was lauded by the Time magazine for sthat became a global movement, initially skipping school and camping in front of the Swedish Parliament to demand action.
"Margaret Atwood compared her to Joan of Arc. After noticing a hundredfold increase in its usage, lexicographers at Collins Dictionary named Thunberg's pioneering idea, climate strike, the word of the year." Former Vice President Al Gore, a longtime environmentalist, said the magazine made a"brilliant choice."
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