Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has taken her disarmingly straightforward message -- "listen to the scientists" -- around the world

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of a generation facing the climate change emergency, was Wednesday named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year.

Unknown to the world when she launched a solo strike against global warming in mid-2018, the 16-year-old has since inspired millions in a worldwide movement that saw her tipped as a Nobel laureate.