Greta Thunberg is back to protesting outside the parliament in Sweden following her return home after attending multiple summits and protests around the world.
During her strike in Stockholm, the teen was wielding her signature sign that reads “school strike for climate.”
Later on, she also shared the picture of her protest on Instagram where she wrote: “School strike week 70. Stockholm!”
Finishing her 4-month-long tour inspired by the climate change in style, the 16-year-old returned to her native Sweden on a train after her fierce speech in Turin, Italy, where she suggested that world leaders should be put up against the wall if they continue to refuse to act.
Following a social media backlash, Ms. Thunberg quickly apologized for her statement and said:
“Yesterday I said we must hold our leaders accountable and unfortunately said ‘put them against the wall.’ That’s Swenglish: ‘att ställa någon mot väggen’ [to put someone against the wall] means to hold someone accountable.
“But of course, I apologize if anyone misunderstood this. I cannot enough express the fact that I – as well as the entire school strike movement – are against any possible form of violence. It goes without saying but I say it anyway.”
On her way back to Sweden, Thunberg also got into a clash with a German railway service Deutsche Bahn after sharing a picture of herself sitting on the floor of an “overcrowded train” without explaining that the staff later moved her to a first-class seat.
Recently, the young activist has also been named the Person of the Year by the TIME magazine for her contributions towards tackling climate change.
Explaining the reasoning behind the decision, TIME’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said:
“When she first heard about global warming as an eight-year-old, Thunberg says she thought, ‘That can’t be happening, because if that were happening, then the politicians would be taking care of it.’
“That they weren’t is precisely what motivated her to act, as it has youth the world over who are forcing us to confront the peril of our own inaction, from the student-led protests on the streets of Santiago, Chile, to the young democracy activists fighting for rights and representation in Hong Kong to the high schoolers from Parkland, Fla.
, whose march against gun violence Thunberg cites as an inspiration for her climate strikes.”
As Felsenthal added, “Thunberg demands action, and though far too many key measures are still moving in the wrong direction, there are nascent signs that action is coming.”
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