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Detailed explanation-1: -Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been named winner of the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.

Detailed explanation-2: -This annual 1 million euro prize aims to recognize outstanding, innovative and impactful work in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Humanity faces a severe and unprecedented climate crisis with devastating consequences for people, nature and the economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Greta Thunberg, in full Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg, (born January 3, 2003, Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change, founding (2018) a movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate).

Detailed explanation-4: -August 20, 2018: Swedish student Thunberg, aged 15, skips school to protest outside parliament for more action against climate change. August 26, 2018: She is joined by fellow students, teachers and parents at another protest and begins attracting media attention for her climate campaign.

Detailed explanation-5: -After the paper published her article, Thunberg was contacted by Bo Thorén from Fossil Free Dalsland, a group interested in doing something about climate change. Thunberg attended a few of their meetings. At one of them, Thorén suggested that school children could strike for climate change.