Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been named Time Magazine’sPerson of the Year 2019.
16-year-old Thunberg, who has mobilized millions of people to fight climate change and condemned leaders’ inaction, is the international magazine’s youngest ever to be named Person of the Year.
The 16-year-old has “succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change,” the magazine wrote in its announcement on Wednesday.
“She became the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet this year, coming from essentially nowhere to lead a worldwide movement,” Time Editor in Chief Edward Felsenthal said on NBC’s “Today” show.
