Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[Soph0571]

wo lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling, who are both members of Sweden’s Left Party, said Monday that Thunberg “has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis” and “action for reducing our emissions and complying with the Paris Agreement is therefore also an act of making peace.”

The 2015 landmark Paris climate deal asks both rich and poor countries to take action to curb the rise in global temperatures that is melting glaciers, raising sea levels and shifting rainfall patterns. It requires governments to present national plans to reduce emissions to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

[link:https://apnews.com/0de2df48946e41f27b4e6acd1169a5c2|]

Well done to Greta and as a bonus Twitler is going to go insane... first Obama and now Greta. Marvellous!

[Iliyah]

1. K & R!

[tanyev]

2. Boom! Let the Trumper tantrums begin.

[Blues Heron]

3. Awesome!

Congrats Greta!

[spanone]

4. K&R...

[Malmsy]

5. She and Malala are my favorite two nominees. (eom)

[drbtg1]

6. Unless she won, we actually don't know if she is a nominee.

People can say what they want about nominees, but there will be no confirmation of who actually became an official nominee until 50 years after.

"The names of the nominees cannot be revealed until 50 years later."

https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/

[Zolorp]

7. I did not see your thread when I posted mine.

I will delete my thread on this topic in favor of yours.