Ides of March Brings Swedish Teen’s Global Climate Strike

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg may be best known for leading schoolchildren on weekly strikes across Europe, but adults are also getting swept up in the action.

From political leaders to activists to former corporate executives, adults are pledging support for Thunberg’s “Fridays for Future” youth movement, which is organizing a “Global Strike for Future” on March 15.

Since August, Thunberg, now 16, has skipped school on Fridays to draw attention to government inaction on climate change. In December, she gained international prominence during a speech at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poland in which she called ...