Malala Yousafzai, the victim of terrorist attacks in Pakistan at the age of 17, shocked the entire world with the Nobel Peace Prize. So far, she has been holding the record of the youngest Nobel laureate in the history of this most prestigious prize. But Greta Thunberg, another teenager, could break that record. The 16-year-old girl has already been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace. Greta will be the youngest Nobel Laureate to receive this prize for her amazing social works, especially in the climate change issue.
Who is this Greta Thunberg?
It was August 25th, 2018. At that time every Friday a 16-year-old schoolgirl escaped her regular classes and stand up holding a placard in front of the Swedish parliament. ‘School Strike for Climate‘- People can see these words written on her placard.
She is Greta Thunberg. The full name is Greta Ironman Thunberg. Her Weekly Protest Movement began in August,2018. After a few days, her social movement are known through social media as ‘FridaysForFuture‘. Greta was no longer alone after the message was spread through Facebook, Twitter and other major social medias.
Now, Greta is no more a lonely simple teenager protester. A lot of young boys and girls joined her. Even a good number of older citizens came out in the road as well. They have their hands tied. Just to support The “Great” Greta! The little teenager’s fight against the negative effects of climate change has been spread to more than a hundred countries across the globe
Greta was born in Sweden on January 3, 2003. Her mother is Swedish opera singer Malen Ernmann and father is an actor, Savant Thunberg. Her grandfather, Alf Thunberg, was an actor and director.
The way the movement spread
The Greta’s movement, which started in August 2018, was no longer a single movement. Within a few days it spread like fire in the world. Everyone is responding to this unique initiative of a teenager on social media and in other traditional media. Within a few months, the people of 1659 cities in 105 countries and millions of teenagers responded by joining the Greta’s Movement.
TEDx Stockholm invited her to speak in Parliament . In her speech, Greta urged politicians around the world to point out the consequences of global warming, urging statesmen to work to prevent this dire threat in no way. In December of that year, the teen addressed a UN climate change conference, and in January of that year she was invited to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Greta Thunberg, gave her speech to the world’s economically influential people at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos in January this year. She addressed that many of the world’s most powerful countries are involved in global warming. These people should focus on securing their economic interests aside and ensuring a livable world.
To some of the world leaders at the conference, Greta says, some individuals and organizations are well aware of what valuable resources we are losing because of the warming, only to satisfy their desire to earn huge sums. I think there are quite a few people here. ‘
Noble Peace Prize Nomination
Her statement in the WEF is now the common saying of billions of children and teenagers all over the world. In honor of such a brave and extraordinary initiative of the teenager, the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been nominated by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee . Norwegian social activist Freddy André Greater said of the bold initiative, “We have proposed Greta’s Name to the Nobel Committee. Because if we are still not trying to save the environment, it will lead to war, conflict and more refugees. The mass movement that Greta launched, I think is a huge contribution to world peace. ‘
There was a great response on Twitter after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Greta said, ‘I am honored and thankful for this nomination. We will continue to do so for as long as it takes.’
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