Greta Thunberg could become only the 18th woman to win Nobel Peace Prize in 118 years
Environmental campaigner has been nominated for the second year running
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Your support makes all the difference.Greta Thunberg could become the 18th woman in the 118-year history of the Nobel Peace Prize to receive the accolade, having been nominated for the second consecutive year.
Two lawmakers in Sweden, both members of the country’s Left Party, nominated the environmental campaigner for the prize.
Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling said that the 17-year-old “has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis“, adding that “action for reducing our emissions and complying with the Paris Agreement is therefore also an act of making peace”.
The rules of the Nobel Peace Prize nominations dictate that any national lawmaker can put forward an individual to be considered.
Last year, when Thunberg received her first nomination for the recognition, she was nominated by three members of the Norwegian Parliament.
If Thunberg should receive the prize, she will join the ranks of esteemed recipients including Malala Yousafzai and Mother Theresa.
To read about the 17 women who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, click through the gallery above.
It was recently reported that Thunberg had applied to trademark her name and the “Fridays for Future” movement to prevent people from impersonating her.
The teenager said that while she has “absolutely no interests” in trademarks, it was a course of action that “needs to be done”.
In a statement shared on Instagram, Thunberg said that her name and the title of her environmental movement “are constantly being used for commercial purposes without any consent whatsoever”.
“It happens, for instance, in marketing, selling of products and people collecting money in my and the movement’s name,” she said.
Thunberg added that Fridays for Future, which she described as “a global movement”, “belongs to anyone taking part in it” and must “not be used for individual or commercial purposes”.
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