'Green activism helped Greta to come out of depression'

Greta Thunberg’s father has said climate activism helped his daughter out of depression but he still worries about how she will deal with the impact of her international fame. Speaking to the BBC to mark his daughter’s guest-editing slot, Svante Thunberg revealed he thought it was a ‘bad idea’ for Greta to stage the school strike that catapulted her into the public eye. The programme also featured a discussion between Greta Thunberg and the veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborough, in which he praised the teenager for raising awareness of the climate crisis.