A more 'Great' Drama? How dare she? Greta Thunberg refuses environment award challenging world leaders to learn Science

New Delhi, October 30: In an another attempt to grab the world attention, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg refused to accept an environmental award, saying that the climate movement needed people in power to start to listen to science and not awards.

 

Thunberg had been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation's annual environment prize. But after it was announced, a representative for her told the audience that she would not accept the award or the prize sum of about $52,000.

 

 

"What we need is for our politicians and the people in power start to listen to the current, best available science", she said once again daring to accuse the world leaders for the current environmental situation.

 

The young climate activist, who has rallied millions to her 'Fridays for Future' movement, was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation. However she addressed the decision in a post on Instagram from the United States.

 

While thanking the Nordic Council for the huge honour, she also criticised Nordic countries for not living up to their great reputation on climate issues. "There is no lack of bragging about this. There is no lack of beautiful words. But when it comes to our actual emissions and our ecological footprints per capita... then it's a whole other story", she noted blatantly.

 

Still only 16 years old, Thunberg rose to prominence after she started spending her Fridays outside Sweden's parliament in August 2018, holding a sign reading 'School strike for climate'. But the harsh bitterness and the expression of hatred in every message with crafted facial expressions caused worry for all those who agreed for a global policy to fight against climate change, not so impressed by the performance by this child activist.

 

Greta began suffering from depression as a child, by her own admission, in part as she learned about climate change at age eight. She was later diagnosed with autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder and gradually became despondent as she obsessed over her fear of climate change. She also developed mutism and an eating disorder so severe that she once went two months without food, and she stopped going to school.