Schoolchildren skipping class to strike, protests bringing city centers to a standstill, people armed with dire warnings from scientists- citizens around the world dragged climate emergency into the mainstream in 2019. Spurred on by Greta Thunberg- virtually unknown outside of her homeland a year ago, but now a global star nominated for a Nobel prize- millions of young people took part in demonstrations demanding climate action.

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