Sweden’s Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Receives Amnesty Prize
- The Amnesty International has awarded Sweden’s teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg with their most prestigious award ‘Ambassador of Conscience Award’ on June 7, 2019 for her leadership in the climate movement.
- She began ‘Fridays for Future Movement’ (School strike for the climate) which is an international movement of school students who are deciding not to attend classes and instead take part in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.