Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 16, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday for her tireless work combating global warming. “We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change it will be the cause of wars, conflict and refugees,” Norwegian lawmaker Freddy André Øvstegård told Norwegian news outlet VG. “Greta Thunberg has launched a mass movement which I see as a major contribution to peace.”After Sweden had its hottest summer on record, Thunberg went on strike in August to force politicians to act. Thunberg spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland this past December where she told lawmakers they were “not mature enough to tell it like it is.” The teen activist also spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January. “Honoured and very grateful for this nomination,” Thunberg tweeted early Thursday morning.

Source: Huffington Post March 14, 2019 14:03 UTC