Swedish climate activist Thunberg gives presser in Brussels Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who has inspired pupils worldwide to boycott classes, takes part in a EU panel with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels, saying she is going to strike every Friday 'until Sweden is in line with the Paris agreement'. IMAGES of the press conference and SOUNDBITES of Greta Thunberg and Lucas Jahier, president of the EESC