Not bad for a "child".
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Honours and awards
Svenska Dagbladet (The Swedish Daily News) essay competition, May 2018, shared, a climate debate writing competition for young people.
Children's Climate Prize, November 2018, nominated by the Swedish electricity company Telge Energi. Thunberg declined to accept the award because many of the finalists would have to fly to Stockholm for the ceremony and a required meeting.
TIME'S 25 most influential teens of 2018, 10 December 2018, an annual list compiled by Time magazine of the most influential teenagers in the world that year.
Fryshuset scholarship, 2018, for Young Role Model of the Year.
Swedish Woman of the Year (Årets Svenska Kvinna), 8 March 2019, awarded by the Swedish Women's Educational Association to “a Swedish woman who, through her accomplishments, has represented and brought attention to the Sweden of today in the greater world”.
Nobel Peace Prize nomination, 13 March 2019, by two deputies of the Swedish parliament and three deputies of the Norwegian parliament.
Rachel Carson Prize, 22 March 2019, awarded to a woman who has distinguished herself in outstanding work for the environment in Norway or internationally.
Goldene Kamera film and television awards, 31 March 2019, special Climate Action Award. Thunberg dedicated the prize to the activists protesting against the destruction of the Hambach Forest, which is threatened by lignite mining.
Le Prix Liberté, 1 April 2019, honouring a young person engaged in a fight for peace and freedom. Thunberg donated the €25,000 prize money to four organisations working for climate justice and helping areas already affected by climate change.
Fritt Ord Award, April 2019, shared with Natur og Ungdom, which "celebrates freedom of speech". Thunberg donated her share of the prize money to a lawsuit seeking to halt Norwegian oil exploration in the Arctic.
TIME 100, April 2019, by Time magazine, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for that year.
Laudato si' Prize, April 2019, awarded under the second encyclical of Pope Francis, "on care for our common home".
Doctor honoris causa (honorary doctorate), May 2019, conferred by the Belgian, University of Mons for "contribution...to raising awareness on sustainable development."
Time magazine cover, 27 May 2019 issue, where she was described as a role model and one of the "next generation leaders".
Ambassador of Conscience Award, 7 June 2019, Amnesty International's most prestigious award, in this instance, for leadership in the climate movement, Thunberg said the award was "for all those millions of people, young people, around the world who together make up the movement called Friday's for Future."
Geddes Environment Medal, July 2019, by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, for "an outstanding practical, research or communications contribution to conservation and protection of the natural environment and the development of sustainability".
Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, July 2019, automatically conferred with the Geddes award.[158]
Vogue magazine cover, September 2019 issue, Thunberg and fifteen other women were featured on a cover created by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
GQ Game Changer Award, 3 September 2019, one of a number of categories awarded under the GQ magazine, Men of the Year Awards; this inaugural category being inspired by Thunberg.
Webby Award, Social Movement of the Year, 12 September 2019, presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet.
Right Livelihood Award, 25 September 2019, from the Right Livelihood Foundation and known as Sweden's alternative Nobel Prize, one of four 2019 winners, "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts".
Keys to the City of Montréal, 27 September 2019, by Mayor of Montréal Valérie Plante.
Nelloptodes gretae, 1 October 2019, a newly identified species of beetle is named for Greta Thunberg in an academic paper by entomologist Michael Darby, published in Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for her outstanding contribution in raising awareness of environmental issues and because the beetle's antennae bear a passing resemblance to Greta's pigtails.
International Children's Peace Prize, 4 October 2019, shared with 14-year-old Divina Maloum from Cameroon, awarded by the KidsRights Foundation, whose mission is to "support and empower vulnerable children around the world, by raising funds for small-scale local projects, and by raising awareness for children’s rights through the international media." Thunberg accepted the award but declined to attend the ceremony as she was overseas, requiring her to fly to the Hague.[1
Maphiyata echiyatan hin win (Woman Who Came from the Heavens), Lakota tribal name conferred, 8 October 2019, at Standing Rock Indian Reservation, following a climate panel and support for the Dakota Access pipeline opposition, after being invited by Tokata Iron Eyes, a 16 year old, Lakota, climate activist.
Nordic Council Environment Prize, 29 October 2019. Thunberg declined to accept the award or the prize money of $52,000, stating, "the climate movement does not need any more awards," and that that the climate movement needed people in power to start to listen to science and not awards.
Glamour magazine Woman of the Year, 11 November 2019, Jane Fonda accepted on behalf of Thunberg in absentia following her principle not to fly.
Time Person of the Year, December 2019, by Time magazine, the youngest ever recipient and the first born in the 21st century. For succeeding in "creating a global attitudinal shift, transforming millions of vague, middle-of-the-night anxieties into a worldwide movement calling for urgent change. She has offered a moral clarion call to those who are willing to act, and hurled shame on those who are not."[178] and "For sounding the alarm about humanity’s predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads.” This also put her on the Time magazine cover for the second time in 2019.
Nature's 10 nomination, 2019, 19 December 2019, an annual list of ten "people who mattered" in science, produced by the scientific journal Nature, specifically, for being a "climate catalyst: A Swedish teenager [who] brought climate science to the fore as she channeled her generation’s rage."
Conservationist of the Year, 2019, awarded by the Perfect World Foundation for bringing attention to wildlife and nature conservation.
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