Thunberg said she hopes the money will help her "do more good in the world."
Greta Thunberg has pledged to donate 1 million euros – more than $1.14 million – in prize money. The 17-year-old climate activist was awarded the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, which recognizes people for their contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
She said the prize money is more than she can"begin to imagine," and that she hopes it will help her"do more good in the world." According to a statement issued by Gulbenkian, Thunberg's foundation will start by donating 100,000 euros to the SOS Amazonia campaign,"to tackle COVID-19 in the Amazon," and another 100,000 euros to the Stop Ecocide Foundation to support their efforts to make"ecocide" — the mass destruction of nature — an international crime.
"The way Greta Thunberg has been able to mobilize younger generations for the cause of climate change and her tenacious struggle to alter a status quo that persists, makes her one of the most remarkable figures of our days," Sampaio said.
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