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Ahead of Global #ClimateStrike She Inspired, 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
"The massive movement Greta has set in motion is a very important peace contribution."
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old whose protests outside the Swedish parliament spurred a massive global movement of young people striking from school to demand bold action on the climate crisis, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"We have nominated Greta because the climate threat may be one of the most important causes of war and conflict," Freddy Andre Oevstegaard, a parliamentary representative in Norway, told Norwegian newspaper VG.
Oevstegaard is one of the three Socialist Left Party members who nominated Thunberg. As he put it, "The massive movement Greta has set in motion is a very important peace contribution."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce its latest laureates in October, and those selected will receive their prizes in December. While nominations must be submitted before February 1, news that Thunberg is being considered broke Wednesday.
Thunberg responded on social media by saying she is "honored and very grateful for this nomination."
"We have nominated Greta because the climate threat may be one of the most important causes of war and conflict."
Freddy Andre Oevstegaard, Norwegian lawmaker
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16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (Original Post)
pdsimdars
Mar 2019
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I suspect he will come up with a denigrating nick-name for "Girly Greta" anytime now
Submariner
Mar 2019
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50 Shades Of Blue
(10,064 posts)1. K & R
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. Someone be sure to forward this to the president's attention
We all know how obsessed he is with nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. I wonder what Trump had done by the time he was 16 to merit such consideration? Or maybe he could contact young Thunberg and find out how to go about getting a legitimate nomination before the Nobel Committee?
Submariner
(12,511 posts)4. I suspect he will come up with a denigrating nick-name for "Girly Greta" anytime now
how dare she qualify ahead of him!!!111!!