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Posted: 2019-09-17T22:01:47Z | Updated: 2019-09-23T16:19:46Z

Greta Thunberg is still making waves they just arent literal anymore.

Nearly two months ago, the Swedish teenager sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a zero-emissions boat to participate in two United Nations climate summits.

On Tuesday, the 16-year-old met with former President Barack Obama , who acknowledged her as one of our planets greatest activists.

Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, shes unafraid to push for real action, Obama said in a shoutout to Thunberg on Twitter.

Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planets greatest advocates. Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, shes unafraid to push for real action. She embodies our vision at the @ObamaFoundation: A future shaped by young leaders like her. pic.twitter.com/VgCPAaDp3C

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Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planets greatest advocates. Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, shes unafraid to push for real action. She embodies our vision at the @ObamaFoundation : A future shaped by young leaders like her. pic.twitter.com/VgCPAaDp3C

Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 17, 2019

Thunberg has become a figurehead in an emerging youth movement thats reacting to political inaction on climate change.

Last week, Thunberg and hundreds of other young protesters held a climate rally outside the White House carrying signs that read I want you to panic! and Why are we studying for a future we wont have? They chanted, This is a crisis, act like it! and No more coal, no more oil, keep that carbon in the soil.

Asked if she would make her case personally to President Donald Trump , Thunberg told CBS in August she had no interest in wasting her time. (Trump has a long history of denying the threat posed by climate change.)

Why should I waste time talking to him when he, of course, is not going to listen to me? she said at the time. I cant say anything that he hasnt already heard.

In 2018, ahead of a general election in Sweden, the then-15-year-old went on strike outside the parliament building in Stockholm, handing out leaflets reading I am doing this because you adults are shitting on my future.