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Greta Thunberg has been fined by a Swedish court after she was found guilty of disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest.
The 20-year-old climate activist, who from 2018 became the face of the youth climate movement was charged with “the crime of disobedience to law and order” earlier this month after participating in a protest on June 19 which blocked oil tankers in part of Malmö harbor.
“My actions are justifiable,” Thunberg told the court in Malmö, according to local media.
“I believe that we are in an emergency that threatens life, health, and property. Countless people and communities are at risk both in the short term and in the long term.”
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Greta Thunberg and Climate Activism
It is believed that Monday’s trial is her first conviction for climate protest, however, In January, Thunberg was detained by police during a protest in the village of Lützerath, Germany, over the expansion of a coal mine. She was released later the same day.
Thunberg started performing solo climate protests outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm when she was 15 years old, skipping class every Friday and brandishing a placard that read, “Skolstrejk för klimatet” (school strike for climate).
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Thunberg has continued to tour the world, participating in climate rallies and speaking at major meetings, asking world leaders to address the climate problem. The school strikes movement did, however, lose some of its vigor with the coronavirus pandemic’s onset.
