This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50232491
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| Greta Thunberg rejects Nordic Council environmental award | Greta Thunberg rejects Nordic Council environmental award |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| Greta Thunberg has turned down an environmental award and prize money because "the climate movement does not need any more awards". | Greta Thunberg has turned down an environmental award and prize money because "the climate movement does not need any more awards". |
| She said the offer was a "great honour" and thanked the Nordic Council, which said it respected her decision. | |
| But, she said, "politicians and the people in power" need to listen to the "current, best-available science". | But, she said, "politicians and the people in power" need to listen to the "current, best-available science". |
| Ms Thunberg was this year's favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but the award went to Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed. | Ms Thunberg was this year's favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but the award went to Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed. |
| In an Instagram post explaining her decision to turn down the prize money of 500,000 kronor (£40,000; €46,000), Ms Thunberg said: "The Nordic countries have a great reputation around the world when it comes to climate and environmental issues. | In an Instagram post explaining her decision to turn down the prize money of 500,000 kronor (£40,000; €46,000), Ms Thunberg said: "The Nordic countries have a great reputation around the world when it comes to climate and environmental issues. |
| "There is no lack of bragging about this. There is no lack of beautiful words." | "There is no lack of bragging about this. There is no lack of beautiful words." |
| But she said Nordic energy consumption told "a whole other story". | But she said Nordic energy consumption told "a whole other story". |
| She referenced a report from from WWF and the Global Footprint Network, which says Sweden, along with most of the Nordic region, lives as if the world has the resources of four planets. | She referenced a report from from WWF and the Global Footprint Network, which says Sweden, along with most of the Nordic region, lives as if the world has the resources of four planets. |
| The gap between what science said was needed to limit a global temperature increase and what was being implemented was "gigantic", said Ms Thunberg. | The gap between what science said was needed to limit a global temperature increase and what was being implemented was "gigantic", said Ms Thunberg. |
| "We belong to the countries that have the possibility to do the most. And yet our countries still basically do nothing," she added. | "We belong to the countries that have the possibility to do the most. And yet our countries still basically do nothing," she added. |
| The president of the Nordic Council, Hans Wallmark, said the organisation respected Greta Thunberg's decision and called her movement "a good cause for everyone". | |
| He said the council - which encourages co-operation between parliaments in countries including Denmark, Finland and Ms Thunberg's home country Sweden - would think carefully about what to do with the prize money. | |
| Who else has turned down an award? | Who else has turned down an award? |