Climate Activist Thunberg Ends Final 'School Strike' with Graduation

Protesting Every Friday for 251 Weeks Instead of Attending School
"Will Continue Protests... The Fight Has Just Begun"

Greta Thunberg (20), a prominent youth climate activist from Sweden, graduated from school and participated in her final "school strike." Thunberg expressed her intention to continue protesting every Friday.

According to major foreign media reports on the 10th (local time), Thunberg tweeted the day before, "School strike week 251. Today, I graduate from school," expressing regret by saying, "This means I can no longer participate in 'school strikes' for the climate."

On the 9th (local time), Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg held her final 'school strike' protest in front of the Swedish Parliament building.
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Thunberg recalled the time when she first started the school strike in August 2018.

She said, "When I first started the school strike in 2018, I had no idea what kind of outcome it would lead to," adding, "After striking every day for three weeks, we were a small group of children who decided to continue this every Friday."

The school strike began in August 2018 when Thunberg, absent from school, protested in front of the Swedish Parliament, urging action against climate change.

At that time, she refused to attend school and protested as a form of rebellion against mainstream politicians and older generations who ignored environmental destruction and did not actively respond to climate change.

This protest spread worldwide under the slogan "Fridays For Future (FFF)," and in 2019, millions of young people around the world joined the school strikes for climate, filling the streets of over 180 countries.

Thunberg stated, "Strictly speaking, it is no longer a 'school strike,' but I will continue protesting every Friday," and expressed a solemn determination, saying, "There is no other choice but to do everything we can. The fight has only just begun."

Once an ordinary teenager, Thunberg rose to global fame through her school strike activities. A frequent Nobel Peace Prize nominee, she gave a speech at the Climate Action Summit held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 2019 and was also named Time magazine's Person of the Year that same year, becoming the youngest ever to receive the honor.

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