GRETA Thunberg has been tipped to win the Nobel Peace Prize as bookies slash the odds on her taking the gong. Ladbrokes and other betting shops suggest the teen climate campaigner is the front runner for the illustrious honour, just a week after she launched a furious tirade at the United Nations. Her launch of the school strike that has inspired millions of kids to take Fridays off from school is believed to be the main reason for her being the favourite. The 16-year-old Swede started the “Fridays for Future” movement to demand action be taken to combat global warming and is currently taking a year off school to focus on campaigning. Greta started the strike alone outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm last August and has gone on to become one of the most recognisable faces in world affairs. She already has an honour to her name after winning Amnesty International’s highest “Ambassadors of Conscience” human rights award last month.”What she has done over the past year is extraordinary,’ said Dan Smith, the director of Stockholm international peace research institute SIPRI. “Climate change is an issue which is strongly related to security and peace.” But experts are still divided… Read full this story
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