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Davos 2020: In A First, World Economic Forum Invites 10 Teenage Change-Makers

These 10 teenage change-makers have been fighting against issues ranging from climate change to gun violence.

Salvador Gomez-Colon, founder of Light & Hope for Puerto Rico, (left), Greta Thunberg, climate activist, (center), and Autumn Peltier, chief water commissioner of the Anishinabek nation, take part in a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. (Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)
Salvador Gomez-Colon, founder of Light & Hope for Puerto Rico, (left), Greta Thunberg, climate activist, (center), and Autumn Peltier, chief water commissioner of the Anishinabek nation, take part in a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. (Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)

For the last 50 years, the World Economic Forum at the snow-covered ski resort town of Davos, Switzerland was a platform for the world’s elite to discuss the future of the global economy. But this year, for the first time in its history, the forum welcomed teenage change-makers to its annual meet.

The WEF invited 10 teenage change-makers who are fighting against issues ranging from climate change to gun violence. Among them is Greta Thunberg. The 17-year-old is known to the world for her fiery and impassioned speech on climate change.

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