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Sweden's teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was Friday awarded a prestigious Amnesty International prize for mobilising world public opinion on the looming peril of global warming. The 16-year-old issued a statement declaring it «a huge honour to rTeen climate activist Greta Thunberg gets Amnesty prize
Sweden's teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was Friday awarded a prestigious Amnesty International prize for mobilising world public opinion on the looming peril of global warming. The 16-year-old issued a statement declaring it «a huge honour to receive Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award,» saying it was recognition for everybody inspired by her «Fridays for Future» movement that has seen students strike from school to take part in climate protests. «To act on your conscience means that you fight for what you think is right,» she said. To AFPTV, she said «it's amazing to get recognition like this». Thunberg, a fierce campaigner with a gift for public speaking, has become a figurehead for young climate activists internationally. International organisations often invite her to climate change events in an effort to put a human face on the fight to curb carbon emissions. Last week, she appeared alongside actor and former politician Arnold Schwarzenegger at a conference in Austria discussing ways to tackle climate change. The head of Amnesty International, Kumi Naidoo, lauded Thunberg's work in a statement announcing the prize from his organisation. "Every... Read more