Greta Thunberg favourite for Nobel Peace Prize, as per Norway bookies

rway bookmakers seem very confident that Greta Thunberg, Swedish teen climate activist, will be a perfect fit for bel Peace Prize to be anunced this week, but many experts do t support idea of glamorizing serious activist, as per European media.  

"t doing it for prize": Greta

16-year-old activist has received Right Livelihood Award, sometimes dubbed "alternative bel", and online betting sites like Lbrokes and many more have pegged Greta as ir chosen one to win  prestigious prize.  

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In a recent interview, Greta stressed on fact that while award would be "a recognition for this movement," she and her supporters weren't "doing this to get awards and prizes." previous year, she started sitting alone in front of Sweden's parliament on Fridays with a sign reing "School Strike for Climate". 

young activist has urged millions of young people across globe to be a part of  demonstrations to raise awareness for action on climate change. She me global helines in late September when she lambasted world leers at UN climate summit in New York. Henrik Urdal, director of Peace Research Institute in Oslo (Prio), said that it seems extremely unlikely that Greta’s impassioned wake-up call eugh to earn her bel Peace Prize.  

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More of a burden than a reward

He argued that while some say climate change might aggravate conflicts in his view re is still consensus on wher it is actually cause of armed conflict. He also said her tender could make prize more of a burden than a reward.

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Urdal said, referring to Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who got prize in year 2014 at 17 along with children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, that only way he can see Greta getting prize is if she is a part of shared pize like Malala. Predicting winner is always a challenge since rwegian bel Committee never reveals names of minees. All that is kwn is that a total of 301 individuals and organisations have been minated this year. 

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