Greta Thunberg in Bristol: who is the teenage climate activist and how did she rise to global fame?
Climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg is coming to Bristol today to speak at a Youth Strike 4 Climate march.
The 17-year-old environment activist will give a speech on College Green before joining a march through the city with thousands of young people.
But who is the Swedish teenager? Here's a timeline of how she became a global icon.
3 January 2003 - Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg was born in Stockholm to mother Malena Ernman and father Svante Thurnberg. Her mother is a professional opera singer and former Eurovision Song Contest participant. Her father is a theatre actor and producer.
2011 - At the age of eight, Greta first heard about climate change. She said the realisation that little was being done about it made her depressed. This led to a two-month period of not eating, during which time she lost 22 pounds (10kg).
2015 - Four years later the youngster was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. She later referred to is as a "superpower" that allows her to "see things from outside the box". She has also been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and selective mutism - in a 2018 Tedx Talk she said, "I only speak when I think it's necessary.
WATCH: Bristol artist behind giant Greta mural tells ITV West Country what it would mean to meet the climate activist on her visit.
Summer 2018 - Greta started her journey to the world stage. She hosted a three-week school strike outside the Swedish parliament by herself, eventually paving the way for the Fridays for Future movement - which would go on to involve more than 100,000 young people globally.
December 2018 - Now established as the face of climate activism, Greta had begun speaking at rallies all over the world - including Helsinki, Brussels and London. To get to each appearance she made sure her carbon footprint was as low as it could be. In December, she was named one of Time Magazine's 25 most influential teenagers of the year.
March 2019 - Greta received a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. The following month she was awarded Norway's Fritt Ord Prize for freedom of expression. She donated the prize money to a lawsuit which was fighting Norwegian oil exploration in the Arctic circle.
Awards galore - This was just the start of global recognition for Ms Thunberg, who has already got a trophy-cabinet full of awards for her activism. She received an Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, the International Children's Peace Prize, the Swedish Woman of the Year, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Geddes Environmental Medal and the keys to the city of Montreal.
August 2019 - Greta visited the West Country as she set sail in a 60-foot racing yacht from Plymouth to New York. She gave testimony to the US House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and attended a UN Climate Action Summit. Here she delivered an emotional speech, telling world leaders: "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words... We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"
Donald Trump responds - The US President tweeted a response to Greta, saying: "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"
WATCH: Greta Thunberg departs from Plymouth for New York:
December 2019 - Greta became the youngest ever recipient of Time's Person of the Year award. Donald Trump tweets about her again: "So ridiculous. Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!"
In the same month the activist made the Forbes list of the world's 100 Most Powerful Women. She also won Glamour magazine's Woman of the Year. Jane Fonda accepted the honour on her behalf and said: "If a Swedish, teenage, science nerd who has shopstop, refuses to fly and has never worn makeup or been to a hairdresser can be chosen a Woman of the Year by one of the biggest fashion magazines in the world then I think almost nothing is impossible”.
January 2020 - Greta was invited to address world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
February 2020 - She was nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced in October.
28 February 2020 - Greta visits Bristol to join thousands of people on a Youth Strike 4 Climate demonstration.
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