Climate activist Greta Thunberg was yesterday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change. She said Monday she was 'extremely honoured' to receive the annual Gulbenkian prize. The 17-year-old claimed that Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, had queued up to have a 'selfie' with her at the UN climate change summit in September. As part of a series she has made about her campaigning for Swedish radio, Thunberg criticised the behaviour of high-ranking figures at the New York summit. 'It seemed as if they had forgotten for a moment to be ashamed that their generation had let future generations down.'

Source: Daily Mail July 21, 2020 07:35 UTC