Greta Thunberg gets nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2020
Two Sweden MPs have nominated their country’s climate activist Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize 2020. Left party members Jens Home and Håkan Savenling said on Monday that Thunberg had worked hard to open politicians’ eyes to reduce climate crisis emissions and to comply with the Paris Agreement, which is an initiative for peace. Last year, three Sweden MPs nominated Thunberg for the award.
The Paris Agreement of 2015 marks a milestone in tackling the climate crisis. It asked both the poor and rich nations to take steps to cut the changing patterns of rain, rising global temperatures to prevent melting of the glaciers.
Simultaneously, under the global agreement, countries in the world have to propose a plan to limit long-term average temperature rise to within 2 ° C above pre-industrial levels.
The 17-year-old teenager, Thunberg, encouraged students to participate in demonstrations to stop the climate change. Today, this movement has crossed the border of Sweden and reached other countries of Europe as well. He set up Fridays for Future movement that inspired others.
