Greta Thunberg wins Sweden's 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for demanding urgent climate action: 'It is not me who is the winner'
The Right Livelihood Award, which is also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize announced on Wednesday, September 25, that 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, will receive the one million Swedish kronor ($1,03,000) award for her crusade to save the planet.
The teen broke the internet by scolding world leaders for failing to stop climate change at the United Nations Climate Action Summit and later silently glared at President Donald Trump as he addressed reporters.
The Swedish prize foundation said that Thunberg was one among four winners of the prestigious prize and was being honored "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts" and for "personifying the notion that everyone has the power to create change."
"Her example has inspired and empowered people from all walks of life to demand political action," the foundation added, according to a Daily Mail report.
