Greta Thunberg to interview David Attenborough in special edition of BBC Radio 4 'Today' show

Greta Thunberg will speak with Sir David Attenborough for the first time when she guest edits BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday.

The Swedish teenage environment activist will interview the veteran broadcaster during a special climate edition of the programme.

The 16-year-old Nobel peace prize nominee said it would be the first time the pair had spoken.

“We’ll be reporting about the scale of the ongoing climate crisis and I’ll be talking to David Attenborough for the first time,” she said in an announcement about the interview.

Sir David has previously celebrated Greta’s “passion” for climate change activism.

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In the protest that started a movement, Greta skips school to sit outside of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm in order to raise awareness of climate change on 28 August 2018

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Greta speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January

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Greta stages a protest at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January

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Greta speaks at the House of Commons in London on 23 April

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Greta addresses to the occupation at Marble Arch in London on 21 April

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Greta meets the pope on a visit to Rome

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Greta speaks at the senate in Rome on 18 April

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Greta addresses a debate of the EU Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 16 April

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Greta receives the Special Climate Protection Award at the German Film and Television awards in Berlin on 30 March

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Greta attends a children's climate protest in Berlin on 29 March

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Greta addresses a children's climate protest on 1 March in Hamburg

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Greta attends a meeting for the Civil Society For rEUnaissance at the EU Charlemagne Building in Brussels on 21 February

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In the protest that started a movement, Greta skips school to sit outside of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm in order to raise awareness of climate change on 28 August 2018

Getty

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Greta speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January

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Greta stages a protest at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January

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Greta speaks at the House of Commons in London on 23 April

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Greta addresses to the occupation at Marble Arch in London on 21 April

AFP/Getty

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Greta meets the pope on a visit to Rome

Reuters

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Greta speaks at the senate in Rome on 18 April

Reuters

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Greta addresses a debate of the EU Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 16 April

AFP/Getty

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Greta receives the Special Climate Protection Award at the German Film and Television awards in Berlin on 30 March

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Greta attends a children's climate protest in Berlin on 29 March

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Greta addresses a children's climate protest on 1 March in Hamburg

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Greta attends a meeting for the Civil Society For rEUnaissance at the EU Charlemagne Building in Brussels on 21 February

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The broadcaster backed her appearance at the UN Climate Summit in October, telling The Huffington Post: ”Greta Thunberg is there because of her passion, her insight and her concern about the future.

“She’s a political person, she’s not a broadcasting person.”

Greta, who began holding Friday protesters outside her country’s parliament in August 2018, has inspired millions of young people to call for faster action against climate change.

She was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019.

The Today programme has announced several guest editors between 26 and 31 December, including artist Grayson Perry, former Telegraph editor Charles Moore, rapper George the Poet and Supreme Court president Baroness Hale.

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