Who is Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old environmental officer appointed to the Nobel Peace Prize?

March 15, 2019

The teenager on Friday called on students from around the world to demonstrate in order to encourage world leaders to take action in the fight against climate change.

Missing the clbad to protest climate change, blames world leaders for not doing enough and says his autism helps him understand "in black and white" what saving the planet means. It is about Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old girl who was proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize 2019.

The young Swedish woman has become a figure in the fight against climate change and called a "global strike" of students this Friday to ask for actions to fight effectively against the phenomenon.

Mbadive Crusade of Students Around the World Against Climate Change

Among the reasons why they proposed the distinction to the 16-year-old girl, the Norwegian MEP Freddy André Øvstegård he expressed to AFP: "We proposed Greta Thunberg because climate change, if we do not slow it down, will be the main cause of wars, conflicts and the influx of refugees that will come." He added: "He has launched a mbad movement in which I see, perhaps, the main contribution to peace."

"It's obviously a great honor and a good thing to be nominated for such a big prize," the student told the newspaper. Aftonbladet. "It seems unreal and something strange," he added. The appointment of Thunberg He was sponsored by three deputies of the Socialist opposition party in Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 will be announced on October 11th.

Six months ago, Greta I was a stranger. He became famous first in Swedenwhen he camped in front of the Parliament of his country with a banner bearing the indication: "Strike to school for the weather". Then he attended Davos World Economic Forum, where he harshly criticized the planet's elite for lack of action.

Under the motto "Fridays for the future " (Friday for the future), thousands of students took to the streets of the cities of Asia, Africa and Australia and they started doing it Europe, in order to encourage world leaders to act in the fight against climate change. There will also be mobilizations across the American continent.

As a symbol of this movement, the Swedish teenager stood every Friday in front of Stockholm this time surrounded by about thirty protesters. "I'm not behind this movement, I was there already, it only takes a spark to ignite," he said. Thunberg.