The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg led a climate rally attended by several thousand in downtown Iowa City, Iowa on Friday, October 4, 2019. Since beginning her School Strike for the Climate (or Skolstrejk för klimatet) outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018, Thunberg has galvanized millions of youth and adults around the world and become an internationally-recognized leader of the movement to address the environmental crisis caused by fossil fuels.
The video of Thunberg's speech in Iowa City can be seen here; the transcript of her speech is available here. Fellow students from Iowa City, local and state representatives, and others also spoke at the event.
Thunberg has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced on Friday, October 11. At 16, Thunberg would be the youngest Nobel laureate ever should she win; to date, the youngest winner is Malala Yousafzai, who won the Peace Prize in 2014 at 17. Thunberg is pictured above in a blue jacket.
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