‘A global movement by skipping school’: Time names Greta Thunberg Person of the Year

Published December 11, 2019 1:52pm ET



Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, was awarded the 2019 “Person of the Year” by Time magazine, making her the youngest winner ever of the award.

“We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow,” Thunberg told Time in an interview Wednesday. “That is all we are saying.”

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