Rise to fame - for her activism in August 2018 when, she began spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on global warming by holding up a sign saying "School strike for climate"
Soon, other students engaged in similar protests in their own communities
Together they organised a school climate strike movement under the name Fridays for Future
After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, student strikes took place every week somewhere in the world
In 2019, there were at least two coordinated multi-city protests involving over one million students each
In May 2019, Thunberg was featured on the cover of Time magazine, which named her a "next generation leader"
Recognition - She won many honours and awards, including fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, has been named as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019 by Time magazine and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
In September 2019, she addressed the UN Climate Action Summit in New York
Stats - 7.6 million fans on Instagram as of Oct 2019
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