Share The Prime Minister launched a £12billion plan for the environment last year, saying it could create 250,000 jobs and significantly slash the country's carbon emissions. Among the ambitious proposals are plans to ban new sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030, install thousands of offshore wind turbines and plant 75,000 acres of trees per year. Miss Thunberg - who will turn 18 on Sunday - has spoken at the United Nations climate summit, been nominated for a Nobel peace prize and was dubbed Time magazine's 2019 person of the year (pictured) But Miss Thunberg (pictured) said her global superstardom won't last forever so she is trying to 'use her position' to get as much done as possible 'in this limited amount of time'