In Greta Thunberg’s footsteps: the climate kids fighting for their future

Inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg's story, 9-year-old Cowie persuaded his mother to help him stage a parallel protest outside New York's City Hall in early December.

A keen reader of graphic novels, nine-year-old Zayne Cowie has a bookshelf laden with tales of the struggles of imaginary superheroes. Now, a real-life role model has inspired him to join a battle for his own planet’s future.
Kept awake some nights by fears that rising seas will devastate his native Brooklyn, Cowie came across a news story about Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teen who was walking out of class on Fridays to protest government inaction over climate change.