The teen activist from Sweden is the youngest to receive the accolade.
In August 2018 she came to limelight for starting an environmental campaign, which later became a global movement. Time Magazine earlier noted her achievements by stating, "In the 16 months since, she has addressed heads of state at the UN, met with the pope, sparred with the president of the United States and inspired 4 million people to join the global climate strike on September 20, 2019, in what was the largest climate demonstration in human history".
Greta started her journey by camping outside the Swedish parliament, and in no time she had world's attention. She still feels that there aren't political actions taken to avert the climate disaster we are in, while there are ample of hollow words and promises.
Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi were other nominees for the person of the year, but the 16- year-old won her way.
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