'The climate doesn't need awards': Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize.
Greta Tunberg is a Swedish climate activist, 16 years old, who rose to prominence after she started spending her Fridays outside Sweden’s parliament in August 2018, holding a sign reading “School strike for climate”.
Greta Thunberg has refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to “listen” to “science” and not awards.
She was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council. She'd been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation’s annual environment prize. But after it was announced, a representative for Thunberg told the audience that she would not accept the award or the prize.
“The climate movement does not need any more awards. What we need is for our politicians and the people in power start to listen to the current, best available science.” she wrote on Instagram.
While thanking the Nordic Council for the “huge honour”, she also criticised Nordic countries for not living up to their “great reputation” on climate issues.
“There is no lack of bragging about this. There is no lack of beautiful words. But when it comes to our actual emissions and our ecological footprints per capita … then it’s a whole other story,” Thunberg said.
Questions: 1. Would you accept an award if you were her?
2. Have you watched her speech?
3. Do you share her opinion?
Links: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/greta-thunberg-declines-award-climate-crisis
Greta Tunberg is a Swedish climate activist, 16 years old, who rose to prominence after she started spending her Fridays outside Sweden’s parliament in August 2018, holding a sign reading “School strike for climate”.
Greta Thunberg has refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to “listen” to “science” and not awards.
She was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council. She'd been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation’s annual environment prize. But after it was announced, a representative for Thunberg told the audience that she would not accept the award or the prize.
“The climate movement does not need any more awards. What we need is for our politicians and the people in power start to listen to the current, best available science.” she wrote on Instagram.
While thanking the Nordic Council for the “huge honour”, she also criticised Nordic countries for not living up to their “great reputation” on climate issues.
“There is no lack of bragging about this. There is no lack of beautiful words. But when it comes to our actual emissions and our ecological footprints per capita … then it’s a whole other story,” Thunberg said.
Questions: 1. Would you accept an award if you were her?
2. Have you watched her speech?
3. Do you share her opinion?
Links: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/greta-thunberg-declines-award-climate-crisis
