¹Doctoral Program Student in Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, No.70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan

²Lecturer at Departement of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami No.36, Kentingan, Kec. Jebres, Kota Surakarta, Jawa Tengah 57126, Indonesia

³Journalist at Bisnis Indonesia, Jl. K.H Mas Mansyur Kav. 12A Karet Tengsin, Tanah Abang, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

⁴Alumni of International Relations Department, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami No.36, Kentingan, Kec. Jebres, Kota Surakarta, Jawa Tengah 57126, Indonesia

⁵Journalist at Majalah Trubus, Jl. Mekarsari Raya, Mekarsari, Cimanggis, Kota Depok, Indonesia

Email: septyantogalan@staff.uns.ac.id

The increasing rate of climate change has been staggering over the past couple of years. It causes a lot of changes in the earth’s biosphere. The earth’s temperature has been increasing in an unprecedented phase, causing the seawater to expand and ice over land to melt, both of which can cause a rise in sea level. Given this problematic issue, the world leaders somehow do not put enough action to tackle this. When world leaders are failing our future by not taking the climate change issue seriously, a young girl from Sweden named Greta Thunberg is about to set a global spark of global movement concerning global warming. Since she began to strike outside the Swedish parliament, she gained the public’s attention, especially among the youth. This study aims to analyze how Greta Thunberg influences the youth around the world to take action against climate change using social media. This article uses social activism theory and Collaborative Internet Utilities to analyze the global phenomenon. This study uses a qualitative research methodology. The data and relevant information are being analyzed to explain Greta’s influence on global youth regarding the environmental issue, especially climate change, and its effects on global politics.