Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to take gap year

Greta Thunberg demonstrating in Stockholm. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT

16-year-old environmentalist Greta Thunberg will finish school in a few weeks time. But unlike many of her peers, she has decided not to go directly into further education.

The young climate activist has instead decided to take a year away from education in order to continue her work for the environment, she told newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

“It was a difficult decision, but it had to be taken now,” Thunberg said.

In September, Thunberg is scheduled to attend an extraordinary climate summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

She has also been invited to a climate conference in Chilean capital Santiago in December.

“Since I dont fly, I have to cross the Atlantic another way. I have not really figured it out yet, but Ill get there one way or another. At least, I want to try any way I can,” she told Dagens Nyheter.

Thunberg rose to prominence after launching her protest outside the Swedish parliament last year with her now-famous “Skolstrejk för klimatet” (School Strike for the Climate) sign.

She has since continued her activism in Sweden and Europe, calling for politicians to take the global climate crisis seriously.

Schoolgoers in several other countries have followed Thunbergs lead and staged their own strikes and demonstrations.

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