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“Another Nobel Prize” to student activists Tunberg and others

2019-09-26T01:16:42.783Z


[Stockholm 25th Reuters]-Sweden's “Light Livelife” presented to environmental activist Swedish high school student Greta Tunberg (16) on the 25th, who contributed in the fields of human rights and environmental protection.


[Stockholm 25th Reuters]-Swedish “Light Livelife” (right life) given to environmental activist Swedish high school student Greta Tumberg (16) for those who contributed in the fields of human rights and environmental protection on the 25th An award was announced. This award is also called “Another Nobel Prize”, and the winners of 2019 are 4 people including Thunberg.

The award management foundation explained that the award was “awakened and expanded political demand for urgent action against climate change”.

Tumberg started a weekly protest for one person in front of the Swedish parliament a year ago. On this month, inspired by Ms. Tumberg, millions of young people around the world developed a demonstration and called on the governments of countries participating in the UN Climate Action Summit to take urgent action. On the 23rd, Thunberg gave a speech at the summit and denounced world leaders for failing to tackle climate change.

Other winners include indigenous Brazilian leaders, Chinese lawyers working on human rights for women, and human rights defenders in Western Sahara. Each winner will receive a prize of 1 million Swedish krona ($ 103,000).

Source: asahi

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