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Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azernaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks




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Greta Thunberg named Time's 2019 Person of the Year

Teenager Greta Thunberg wins Time's 2019 Person of the Year award for her work as a climate activist.



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Australian scientist names tiny Antarctic creature after Greta Thunberg

An 82-year-old Australian scientist said it seemed appropriate to name a newly discovered species after climate activist Greta Thunberg, given its habitat.




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Laura Ingraham’s brother is attacking her after she compared Greta Thunberg to the ‘Children of the Corn’

“Clearly my sister’s paycheck is more important than the world her three adopted kids will inherit,” Curtis Ingraham wrote on Twitter.




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By ignoring climate emergency, world leaders are forcing children to act: Greta Thunberg

Thunberg has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.




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Greta Thunberg says she may have had covid-19 and has self-isolated

Greta Thunberg says she and her father, Swedish actor Svante Thunberg, appear to have been infected by the coronavirus, though they have not been tested as their native Sweden is only doing so for severe cases




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Greta Thunberg posts House on Fire video to call for more climate action on World Earth Day

Greta Thunberg has released a video showing a family calmly getting ready for the day while their house burns down around them as a symbol of the threat of climate change.




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Greta Thunberg gives $100,000 in prize money to UN children's charity to help coronavirus battle

Greta Thunberg has donated $100,000 in prize money to the United Nations children's fund to help its coronavirus support campaign.




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Cute new snail named after Greta Thunberg

The Swedish activist is 'delighted' that the new-to-science species will bear her name.




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Greta Thunberg will cross the Atlantic by sailboat

It solves the young activist's dilemma of wanting to attend two U.N. climate change summits without relying on fossil fuels.




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Greta Thunberg delivers searing speech to world leaders (video)

The 16-year-old climate activist holds nothing back when addressing the UN Climate Action Summit – this speech shows why she is having such an impact.




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Greta Thunberg rejects major climate award

The teenage climate activist said the planet "doesn't need any more awards."




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Greta Thunberg's climate strikes are moving online, due to coronavirus

It's no longer safe for groups of people to gather in public places.




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Greta Thunberg and children's group hit back at attempt to throw out climate case

Brazil, France and Germany say UN can’t hear complaint against five countries of flouting child rights to clean air

Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal complaint at the UN against countries they accuse of endangering children’s wellbeing through the climate crisis, despite attempts to have it thrown out.

The 16 children, including the Swedish environmental activist, lodged a legal case with the UN committee on the rights of the child against Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey last September.

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Priyanka Chopra joins hands with Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined hands with Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to protect vulnerable children across the world from the coronavirus. Priyanka Chopra took to social media to express her concern over the effect of Coronavirus on vulnerable children.

She tweeted: "It's heartbreaking to see the effect of Covid-19 on vulnerable children across the world. They now have to cope with food shortages, strained healthcare systems, violence & lost education. We need to protect them.. the onus is on us."

Priyanka and her American pop singer husband Nick Jonas contributed to several charities to lend support to the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Priyanka took to Twitter to announce that the couple has donated to organisations like the PM-CARES Fund, Unicef, Feeding America and Goonj among many others.

She also pledged to donate USD100,000 to women doing their bit in health crisis.

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Tennis ace Roger Federer in row with climate change protesters including Greta Thunberg  

Last week Greta Thunberg retweeted a post calling the tennis player out on the sponsorship. Federer then released a statement this weekend saying he takes the threat of climate change very seriously.




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Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus dupe Maxine Waters in phone call posing as Greta Thunberg

Rep Maxine Waters was duped into thinking she was speaking with Greta Thunberg in a prank phone call with Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov published on YouTube Thursday.




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RICHARD KAY on Prince Harry and the Greta Thunberg pranksters

RICHARD KAY: Harry was the victim of Russian pranksters who in the course of an hour charmed but ultimately invited him to speak out about things a wiser Harry would never have been drawn on.




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Greta Thunberg wants to marry Prince George, Russian pranksters tell Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex was duped into believing he was speaking to 17-year-old environmentalist Greta, who told him she wanted to one day marry Prince George (pictured).




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Ex-Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson brands Greta Thunberg a 'spoilt brat' and says she should 'shut up'

Speaking at the United nations on Monday Greta broke down in tears while furiously scolding international delegates for not taking responsibility for fixing the planet's warming climate.




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Rodney Lynn of Coffs Harbour Christian Community School says Greta Thunberg has 'mental problems'

Rodney Lynn, head of Coffs Harbour Christian Community School, wrote a letter to pupils and parents on September 26. He did not mention Greta by name but told pupils not to pay attention to her.




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Greta Thunberg is tipped to win the Nobel Peace Prize

Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, is tipped for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize just a week after she furiously chastised world leaders for failing to do enough to tackle the climate crisis.




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Greta Thunberg mocks Putin as she changes her Twitter bio to 'kind but poorly informed teenager'

Greta Thunberg, 16, changed her Twitter biography after Vladimir Putin called her 'a poorly informed teenager' who was being 'used by adults' at an energy forum in Moscow on Wednesday.




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UKIP politician Neil Hamilton blasted over Twitter attack on 16-year-old Greta Thunberg

Neil Hamilton, 70, who is AM for the Mid and West Wales region, took to social media on Wednesday to mock the young campaigner as temperatures across the country soared.




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Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus dupe Maxine Waters in phone call posing as Greta Thunberg

Rep Maxine Waters was duped into thinking she was speaking with Greta Thunberg in a prank phone call with Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov published on YouTube Thursday.




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Obama praises Greta Thunberg as 'one of planet's greatest advocates' during meeting in Washington

'With full knowledge that her generation will bear the heaviest burden of climate change, she's unafraid to believe that progress is possible - and fight for real change,' Obama wrote of Thunberg.




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Leonardo DiCaprio meets 'leader of our time' Greta Thunberg

The award-winning actor, 44, praised the teenage environmentalist, calling her a 'leader of our time' on social media after they spoke in California, US.




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Greta Thunberg and Dina Asher-Smith lead the BBC's list of 100 most inspiring women

The BBC list features women from several fields, including climate change activist Greta Thunberg, British athletics star Dina Asher-Smith and US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.




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Michelle Obama tells Greta Thunberg to 'ignore the doubters' after Trump tweets

Michelle Obama sent Greta Thunberg a public message of support on Twitter. Her tweet followed a vitriolic attack on the teenager by President Donald Trump.




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Greta Thunberg tells Ellen DeGeneres it would be a 'waste of time' holding talks with Donald Trump

Ellen DeGeneres described the 16-year-old as 'real and raw' during filming for her show in California today. The activist said it would be a waste of time to 'explain' climate change to Trump.




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Photos of Greta Thunberg are used by Israeli company to shame workers into shunning plastic

Workers at a number of offices in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem will see pictures of the 16-year-old climate activist glaring back at them when they pick up disposable cups or cutlery.




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Greta Thunberg's Green Disciples: ROBERT HARDMAN watches on as school's out in Bristol

ROBERT HARDMAN: The crowd went bonkers, giving her a proper A-list, rock star welcome. Among a tearful few - Greta's most ardent devotees - this was nothing short of a Second Coming.




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Piers Morgan slams Prince Harry over 'very woke' hoax Greta Thunberg phone calls

Piers Morgan hit out at Prince Harry's comments in leaked telephone recordings that emerged last night from Russian hoaxers who contacted the Duke of Sussex at his luxury Canada hideaway.




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Greta Thunberg's mother reveals how the climate activist 'stopped talking and eating' aged 11

Malena Ernman has told of her daughter's struggle with autism and an eating disorder in a new book written by the Thunberg family.




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Greta Thunberg's latest rally could place CHILDREN at risk, police say

Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset Police cautioned the public not to 'underestimate the scale of this protest' in Bristol where Greta Thunberg is due to speak.




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Greta Thunberg wants to marry Prince George, Russian pranksters tell Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex was duped into believing he was speaking to 17-year-old environmentalist Greta, who told him she wanted to one day marry Prince George (pictured).




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Full transcript of Prince Harry's bizarre call with Russians pretending to be Greta Thunberg 

The Duke of Sussex says that Greta Thunberg could outsmart US President Donald Trump, discusses changing mindsets on climate change and the possibility of the activist marrying Prince George.




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Coronavirus: Greta Thunberg has symptoms and is self-isolating

Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg said she appeared to have been infected with coronavirus along with her father - actor Svante. Both had been travelling on trains through Europe.




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Greta Thunberg launches video of family walking around burning house

The shocking clip shows a family walking around a burning house at an undisclosed location. It ends with: 'Our house is on fire. React.'




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Greta Thunberg says coronavirus and climate change must be tackled together

The 17-year-old marked Earth Day with a live-streamed appeal from Sweden to 'tackle two crises at once', saying the pandemic showed the importance of listening to scientists.




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Greta Thunberg donates $100,000 to UN children's fund to fight coronavirus

The 17-year-old Swedish activist (pictured) said the pandemic 'is a child rights crisis, like the climate crisis' as she hailed UNICEF's 'vital work to save children's lives'.




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Greta Thunberg signs up for BBC TV documentary series focusing on her 'international crusade'

The 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist will explore what actions can be taken to limit climate change in the series produced by BBC Studios, the corporations' commercial arm.




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No one is too small to make a difference / Greta Thunberg

Dewey Library - GE195.7.T58 2019




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My generation will not give up without a fight: Activist Greta Thunberg

We demand that at this year's WEF participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments: halt subsidies, investments to fossil fuels