Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg is among the four people named on Wednesday as the winners of the Right Livelihood Award also known as the ‘Alternative Nobel’.

The Foundation said the 16-year-old Thunberg is being recognized for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts.

It added that Thunberg who has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize personifies the notion that everyone has the power to create change.

The annual Right Livelihood Award which was created in 1980 honours efforts which the prize founder, Swedish-German philanthropist, Jakob von Uexkull felt were being ignored by the Nobel prizes.

The foundation also gave its 2019 award to Davi Kopenawa and the Hutukara Yanomami Association, representing Brazil’s indigenous tribes, for protecting the Amazon forest and its people.

It also honoured Moroccan activist, Aminatou Haidar for her steadfast non-violent action for Western Sahara and Chinese lawyer, Guo Jianmei for fighting for women’s rights in China.

The four winners will receive 1 million kronor (about $103,000) each six days before an award ceremony scheduled to hold in Stockholm on December 4.

Ole von Uexkull, the foundation’s Executive Director and nephew of the founder said ‘we honor four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a liveable future for all on planet Earth’.

Thunberg’s campaign began on August 20, 2018 when she held solitary demonstrations outside Sweden’s parliament, skipping classes once a week to protest climate change.

Her solo protest has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to tackle global warming. On Monday, Thunberg riled the audience at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, saying: “How dare you. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and yet all you can talk about is money. You are failing us.”