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(CNN) - Following her hot speech at the UN Climate Action Summit, Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 16, has been named one of the winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award.
The international award, widely known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", was established in 1980 to "honor and support brave people who solve global problems."
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The awards were announced at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, Sweden, this Wednesday.
The official ceremony takes place on December 4.
"I am deeply grateful to be one of the recipients of this great honor," Thunberg said in a statement. “But, of course, every time I receive an award, it's not me who wins. I am part of a global movement of children, youth and adults of all ages who have decided to act in defense of our living planet. I share this award with them. ”
Aminatou Haidar (Western Sahara), Guo Jianmei (China) and Davi Kopenawa / Hutukara Yanomami Association (Brazil) are the other recipients of the award.
Each of the winners will receive 1 million Swedish kronor ($ 103,000).
"With the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, we honor four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and fight for a habitable future for everyone on planet Earth," said Ole von Uexkull, executive director of Right Livelihoods Foundation.
Greta Thunberg
