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Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Climate Activism

By Daniel M

September 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who has inspired an international movement to fight climate change, has been nominated as a candidate to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The 16-year-old was nominated by three Norwegian MPs.

If she were to win, she would be the youngest recipient since Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, who was 17 when she received the prize.

Ms Thunberg tweeted she was “honoured” to receive the nomination: