Stockholm: Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, announced Friday that she was holding her final "school strike" as she finished high school, but that she would still participate in weekly demonstrations.
"Today is my last day of school, so I won't be able to go on a climate strike anymore. Therefore, this is my final school strike, Thunberg declared in a post on social media.
Thunberg, the leader of the international Fridays for Future movement, added that she had no intention of completely discontinuing the demonstrations.
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Even though it isn't technically "school striking," I'll still demonstrate on Fridays. The fight has only just begun, so we simply have no choice but to do everything we can, the 20-year-old said.
Greta Thunberg started her "School strike for climate" in front of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm when she was just 15 years old.
She said in a statement, "I could never have imagined that it would lead to anything when I started striking in 2018." She started the Fridays for Future movement with a small group of young people, and it quickly spread throughout the world.
According to Thunberg, "millions of youth struck from school for the climate during 2019 and flooded the streets in over 180 countries." Along with her climate strikes, the young activist frequently criticises politicians and government officials for failing to adequately address climate issues.
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At the end of March, following the release of the most recent report by the IPCC, the UN's climate advisory panel, she denounced what she called a "unprecedented betrayal" from leaders.