Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The 17-year-old's nomination was made by Swedish politicians Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling from the country's Left Party.

As per the Evening Standard, they said that they nominated Thunberg because she "worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis" and because of the actions she has taken towards "reducing our emissions and complying with the Paris Agreement is therefore also an act of making peace."

In the video below, Thunberg rebukes world leaders for failing to tackle the climate change crisis: 

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The nomination comes after Thunberg was named Time's 2019 Person of the Year.

TIME's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal wrote of that award: "When she first heard about global warming as an eight-year-old, Thunberg says she thought: 'That can't be happening, because if that were happening, then the politicians would be taking care of it.'

"That they weren't is precisely what motivated her to act, as it has youth the world over who are forcing us to confront the peril of our own inaction, from the student-led protests on the streets of Santiago, Chile, to the young democracy activists fighting for rights and representation in Hong Kong to the high schoolers from Parkland, Fla., whose march against gun violence Thunberg cites as an inspiration for her climate strikes."

Thunberg was the youngest person to ever receive that prestigious award.

However, Thunberg has not been without her critics: 

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This is not the first time that Thunberg has been nominated for the Global Peace Prize. She also received the honor in 2019, but lost out to Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Last month, Thunberg continued her mission to tackle the climate crisis by speaking to world leaders at the World Economic Forum. The 17-year-old had particularly harsh criticism for President Trump's for removing the US from the Paris Agreement in 2017.

She said that his "inaction" is "fuelling the flames" of the climate change crisis.

Earlier this week, Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year, after condemning world leaders for not doing enough to combat the climate crisis back in September.

"People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth," Thunberg said in her now-famous speech.

In an equally memorable moment, the 16-year-old was later caught glaring at President Donald Trump - who reportedly said that climate change was a hoax invented by China.

Check out the moment Greta condemned world leaders for their lack of action before staring down President Trump: 

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Needless to say, Greta and the US president are hardly each other's biggest fans. And so when Trump learned that the teenager had been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, he responded to the decision by branding it "ridiculous" and suggesting that Greta has an anger management problem.

"So ridiculous," Trump tweeted. "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!"

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In true Greta fashion, she did not take the dig lying down, but also refrained from giving the tweet attention by directly replying to it.

Instead, the Swede changed her Twitter bio to read, "A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend."

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And this certainly isn't the first time Greta has trolled Trump by quoting him in her Twitter bio.

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When her speech at the UN Climate Summit began circulating online, the president sarcastically tweeted: "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"

So, of course, Greta quoted his tweet in her bio:

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16-year-old climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, earned millions of fans after her rousing speech at the United Nations Climate Change summit earlier this year.

And now, she has called upon every single person on the planet to stand up and join her in the fight against climate change.

Watch as Greta Thunberg rebukes world leaders:

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In an article written with fellow activists Luisa Neubaeur and Angela Valenzuela, Thunberg said that although there is now greater public awareness surrounding climate change, not enough action is being taken.

The piece, which was published in Project Syndicate, urged people to participate in the latest round of climate demonstrations, ahead of the upcoming UN climate summit in Madrid, which will begin on December 2nd.

Thousands of people are expected to attend the demonstrations, in locations around the globe.

"On the next two Fridays, we will again take to the streets: worldwide on November 29, and in Madrid, Santiago, and many other places on December 6 during the UN climate conference," the article reads.

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"Schoolchildren, young people, and adults all over the world will stand together, demanding that our leaders take action – not because we want them to, but because the science demands it.

[…] We have learned that, if we do not step up, nobody will. So we will keep up a steady drumbeat of strikes, protests, and other actions. We will become louder and louder. We will do whatever it takes to persuade our leaders to unite behind science so clear that even children understand it.

Collective action works; we have proved that. But to change everything, we need everyone. Each and every one of us must participate in the climate resistance movement. We cannot just say we care; we must show it.

Join us. Participate in our upcoming climate strikes in Madrid or in your hometown. Show your community, the fossil-fuel industry, and your political leaders that you will not tolerate inaction on climate change anymore. With numbers on our side, we have a chance."

The article went onto express the authors' frustration at seeing "a string of United Nations climate conferences," which have, thus far, delivered "empty commitments".

Donald Trump Jr. has hit out at TIME for choosing the teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg, as their Person of the Year.

The son of the POTUS suggested that the pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong should have been given the honour instead. "Time leaves out the Hong Kong Protesters fighting for their lives and freedoms to push a teen being used as a marketing gimmick," he wrote on Twitter, adding "How dare you?"

Watch as Greta Thunberg rebukes world leaders: 

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The phrase "How dare you?" appears to mock Thunberg's emotional speech at the United Nations back in September, where she infamously asked world leaders the same question.

During the address, the 16-year-old condemned world leaders for not doing enough to combat climate change, dubbing it a "betrayal" of young people.

The teenager told governments that "You are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal."

"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you?" she continued.

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. And if you choose to fail us, I say, we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now is where we draw the line."

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Per The Hill, Time's editor-in-chief, Edward Felsenthal, described Thunberg as "the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet".

But while Trump Jr. criticised the publication's choice, other notable figures were quick to congratulate Thunberg, who is the youngest person to be named Person of the Year.
"I couldn't think of a better Person of the Year than @GretaThunberg. I am grateful for all she's done to raise awareness of the climate crisis and her willingness to tell hard, motivating truths," tweeted Hilary Clinton.

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"As she said today: "Change is coming, whether you like it or not." #gutsywomen"

There's no doubt that environmental activist Greta Thunberg is one of the most politically influential teenagers ever. Just a few years after she protested public apathy over climate change by forgoing school, she's managed to kickstart an entire social movement, been named TIME's Person of the Year for 2019, and nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize.

However, it seems as though she's still not happy with the progress made by politicians after she was spotted looking extremely unimpressed by the European Union's new climate laws.

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Per British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail, the 17-year-old girl was the guest of honor at a meeting of the European Commission in Brussels. New legislation has just been enacted following a summit in June, which is aimed at decarbonizing the European economy.

This legislation will commit the 27-member bloc to zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Not only this, but the change in the law will also give the European Union powers to impose new emission targets.

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However, an unimpressed Thunberg seemed to believe it was too little too late and called the new law a "surrender." She was pictured looking pretty irate at the meeting by press photographers and later condemned the EU's climate plans as insufficient.

In an open letter, Thunberg wrote: "Net zero emissions by 2050 for the EU equals surrender. It means giving up. We don't just need goals for just 2030 or 2050. We, above all, need them for 2020 and every following month and year to come."

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Thunberg later told the MEP committee: "The European Union must stop 'pretending that you can be a climate leader and still go on building and subsidizing new fossil fuel infrastructure."

This comes just a few weeks after Thunberg took to the stage at the World Economic Forum, claiming that world leaders are running out of time to deal with the issue of climate change.