Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg declined a major international environmental prize this month, saying the planet didnt need any more awards while urging the Nordic region and her home country to stop bragging and take steps to further its climate aims.

I want to thank the Nordic Council for this award. It is a huge honor, Thunberg, who was awarded the Nordic Council Environment Prize in early October, wrote on social media Tuesday. But the climate movement does not need any more awards. What we need is for our politicians and the people in power start to listen to the current, best available science.

The prize is awarded annually and comes with an award of about $52,000. The Nordic Council praised Thunberg , whose school strikes for climate action have become a global movement, for breathing new life into the debate surrounding the environment and climate at a critical moment in world history.