BBC Studios has announced that 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg is to star in her own BBC docu-series where she will emphasize the “reality” of climate change.
Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist on climate change whose campaigning has gained international recognition.
In August 2018, Thunberg, at the age of 15, started spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change by holding up a sign reading “Skolstrejk för klimatet” (School strike for the climate).
In the announcement, BBC Studios stated that the series will document the Swede’s “international crusade” on the environment and follow her as she visit ‘most extraordinary places on Earth’ as she meets with ‘leading scientists, political leaders and business heavyweights.’
BBC Studios explained that;
The films will also chart her own journey into adulthood as she continues to be confronted by the real-world consequences of inaction, and will share some of the quiet moments as she writes the impactful speeches that are now broadcast and analyzed around the world, as she lives a teenage life like no other.
The project was announced on February 10 at the BBC Showcase trade show but there are no details about the number of episodes or when the series would begin airing.
Rob Liddell, who will be the executive producer of the series, in a statement said;
To be able to do this with Greta is an extraordinary privilege, getting an inside view on what it’s like being a global icon and one of the most famous faces on the planet.
Thunberg has spoken about the environment at the United Nations General Assembly last September, at the World Economic Forum last month in Davos, Switzerland, and at the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid in December.
She is known for her straightforward speaking manner, both in public and to political leaders and assemblies, in which she urges immediate action to address the climate crisis.
After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, student strikes took place every week in different parts of the world.
