Why didn’t Greta Thunberg win the Nobel Peace Prize?

in #politics5 years ago

Greta Thunberg a teenage climate activist was the odds-on favorite to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The award would have topped an already extraordinary year for Greta, in which she evolved from a student sitting outside the Swedish parliament, all by herself, to become the leader of a global youth movement, inspiring millions of schoolchildren around the world to join her in calling for greater action on climate change. lead_720_405.jpg

“How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” she told world leaders in a blistering speech at the United Nations last month.

However instead of giving the prize on the 16-year-old Swede, the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave it to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was praised for his efforts to “achieve peace and international cooperation.”

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