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Greta Thunberg wins 'alternative Nobel' for environmental work
Source: The Guardian
Greta Thunberg wins 'alternative Nobel' for environmental work
Chinese women’s rights advocate Guo Jianmei also among quartet of ‘practical visionaries’ recognised in Right Livelihood awards
Lucy Lamble
Wed 25 Sep 2019 12.35 BST
Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 13.24 BST
Days after her powerful speech to the UN climate action summit reverberated around the world, Greta Thunberg has been named among four winners of an international award dubbed the “alternative Nobels”.
The Swedish activist, whose emotional address accusing world leaders of betraying her generation went viral this week, was recognised by the judges of Sweden’s annual Rights Livelihood awards for “inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts”.
Honoured alongside Thunberg were Guo Jianmei, the leading Chinese lawyer and women’s rights advocate, “for her pioneering and persistent work in securing women’s rights in China”, and Aminatou Haidar from western Sahara, whose “dignity and resolve” in campaigning for the independence of her homeland drew praise from the judges.
Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa, a spokesperson for the Yanomami people, who live in an area of the Amazon rainforest on the Brazil-Venezuela border, completed the four-strong list of laureates. Kopenawa was jointly recognised with the Hutukara Yanomami Association, which conserves the rainforest and campaigns for indigenous rights, in Brazil.
The Right Livelihood awards began in 1980 after the Nobel foundation rejected a proposal for two new prizes for work on the environment and within developing countries. Previous winners include Edward Snowden, Wangari Maathai and Alan Rusbridger.
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Chinese women’s rights advocate Guo Jianmei also among quartet of ‘practical visionaries’ recognised in Right Livelihood awards
Lucy Lamble
Wed 25 Sep 2019 12.35 BST
Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 13.24 BST
Days after her powerful speech to the UN climate action summit reverberated around the world, Greta Thunberg has been named among four winners of an international award dubbed the “alternative Nobels”.
The Swedish activist, whose emotional address accusing world leaders of betraying her generation went viral this week, was recognised by the judges of Sweden’s annual Rights Livelihood awards for “inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts”.
Honoured alongside Thunberg were Guo Jianmei, the leading Chinese lawyer and women’s rights advocate, “for her pioneering and persistent work in securing women’s rights in China”, and Aminatou Haidar from western Sahara, whose “dignity and resolve” in campaigning for the independence of her homeland drew praise from the judges.
Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa, a spokesperson for the Yanomami people, who live in an area of the Amazon rainforest on the Brazil-Venezuela border, completed the four-strong list of laureates. Kopenawa was jointly recognised with the Hutukara Yanomami Association, which conserves the rainforest and campaigns for indigenous rights, in Brazil.
The Right Livelihood awards began in 1980 after the Nobel foundation rejected a proposal for two new prizes for work on the environment and within developing countries. Previous winners include Edward Snowden, Wangari Maathai and Alan Rusbridger.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/25/greta-thunberg-wins-alternative-nobel-environmental-work-guo-jianmei-right-livelihood-awards
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