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Climate activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest Greta Thunberg has been named TIME magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. The 16-year-old from Sweden beat New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Hong Kong activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest protestors to win the activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest. Ms Thunberg shot to fame in 2018 for raising people's activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest of the threat to the activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest from climate change. She started a activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest movement when she decided to go on a climate activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest outside the Swedish activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest in August 2018. Schoolchildren around the world then followed her activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest. She has since addressed the United Nations in New York and has met the Pope. After hearing about the award, she tweeted: "Wow, this is activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest! I will share this great honour."

Greta Thunberg is the activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest person ever to receive the award. TIME magazine wrote about why it gave the prize to Ms Thunberg. It said she has, "succeeded in creating a global attitudinal activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest" in getting activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest of people to join a "worldwide movement calling for activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest change". It added: "Greta has offered a activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest call to those who are willing to act, and put activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest on those who are not." Not everyone is activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest with Ms Thunberg receiving the award. Donald Trump Jr said TIME was using a activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest "as a marketing gimmick". In contrast, Hillary Clinton tweeted: "I am grateful for all she's done to raise activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest of the climate crisis, and her willingness to tell hard, motivating activistawardawarenessdemocracyexampleglobalhappymillionsmoralparliamentplanetshameshiftstriketeenagertruthsunbelievableurgentyoungest."