STOCKHOLM: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she was marking her last 鈥渟chool strike鈥� as she was graduating high school, but said she would continue partaking in weekly protests.
鈥淭oday, I graduate from school, which means I鈥檒l no longer be able to school strike for the climate. This is then the last school strike for me,鈥� Thunberg said in a post on social media.
Thunberg, who spearheaded the global Fridays for Future movement, also said she didn鈥檛 plan on giving up the protests completely.
鈥淚鈥檒l continue to protest on Fridays, even though it鈥檚 not technically 鈥榮chool striking鈥�. We simply have no other option than to do everything we possibly can,鈥� said the 20-year-old, adding 鈥渢he fight has only just begun.鈥�
Greta Thunberg was only 15 when she began her 鈥淪chool strike for climate鈥� in front of Sweden parliament in Stockholm.
鈥淲hen I started striking in 2018 I could never have expected that it would lead to anything,鈥� she said in a statement.
Together with a small group of youths she founded the Fridays for Future movement, which quickly became a global phenomenon.
鈥淒uring 2019, millions of youth striked from school for the climate, flooding the streets in over 180 countries,鈥� Thunberg said.
In addition to her climate strikes, the young activist regularly lambasts governments and politicians for not properly addressing climate issues.
At the end of March, she condemned what she called an 鈥渦nprecedented betrayal鈥� from leaders after the publication of the latest report by the IPCC, the UN鈥檚 climate advisory panel.