Student climate champion Greta gets Nobel Peace nomination

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian lawmakers said yesterday. "We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change it will be the cause of wars, conflict and refugees," Norwegian Socialist Left MP Freddy Andre Ovstegard told. "Greta Thunberg has launched a mass movement which I see as a major contribution to peace," he added.

Six months ago no one knew who Thunberg was when, as a 15-year-old, she camped outside Sweden's parliament next to a hand-written sign: "SCHOOL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE."

Since then she has gone global, striking a chord with younger people disillusioned by the slow progress of the adult world in halting climate change. Three MPs for the opposition Socialist Left

nominated Thunberg for the prize before the January 31 deadline, Ovstegard said, meaning her nomination is valid for the 2019 prize which will be announced on October 11. "It's obviously a great honour and nice to be nominated for such a big prize," she told Swedish daily Aftonbladet. "It feels unreal, and a little strange." On Friday, thousands of students are expected to demonstrate in over 100 countries in what activists say could be a milestone moment in a grassroots campaign to push world leaders into doing more.

 

 

Student climate champion Greta gets Nobel Peace nomination

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this years Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian lawmakers said yesterday. We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change it will be the cause of wars, conflict and refugees, Norwegian Socialist Left MP Freddy Andre Ovstegard told. Greta Thunberg has launched a mass movement which I see as a major contribution to peace, he added. Six months ago no one knew who Thunberg was when, as a 15-year-old, she camped outside Swedens parliament next to a hand-written sign: SCHOOL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE. Since then she has gone global, striking a chord with younger people disillusioned by the slow progress of the adult world in halting climate change. Three MPs for the opposition Socialist Left nominated Thunberg for the prize before the January 31 deadline, Ovstegard said, meaning her nomination is valid for the 2019 prize which will be announced on October 11. Its obviously a great honour and nice to be nominated for such a big prize, she told Swedish daily Aftonbladet. It feels unreal, and a little strange. On Friday, thousands of students are expected to demonstrate in over 100 countries in what activists say could be a milestone moment in a grassroots campaign to push world leaders into doing more.