I remember a speech by French president Emmanuel Macron few years ago saying something like this that we have only one world and we have no other choice but save it. The best speech I have ever read by any president of the world ever before. We are destroying our world day by day by the name of development. We know it and we are ignoring it continuously. No one cares, it's just happening.

When I read the news that Greta Thunberg is now featuring on swedish stamps I felt very proud honestly. A teenaged girl, who stands for the safety of all of us, is now an icon to everyone. Do you know who are the peoples we found in stamps? It is all the Greats who have done something big and extraordinary for the wellbeing of human being. Yes readers, climate activist Greta will join a hall of fame of Swedish personalities, from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Greta Garbo, who have been depicted on the country's postage stamps. The stamps go on sale from PostNord from today. Thehead of PostNord's stamp division Kristina Olofsdotter said that 'We hope that, as a big company, we can shine a light on the very important climate question, with the help of a little stamp'.

It was started in 2018 when Thunberg began skipping school one day. She was alone with just a homemade sign, protesting outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, demanding to her government to take action on climate change. The way she choosed to react heat the peoples mind very soon and within a few months, more than 2 million students in 135 countries had set up their own picket lines, joining Thunberg's 'School strike for the climate' campaign. In 2019, Thunberg took a year out from school to cross the globe by car, train and boat but not plane, to demand action on climate change, a trip that involved a brush with U.S. President Donald Trump and a speech at the United Nations climate summit.

Greta's blunt words to presidents and prime ministers, peppered with scientific facts about the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions urgently, have won her praise and awards. Thunberg demands that lawmakers stick to the 2015 landmark Paris climate deal that asks both rich and poor countries to take action to curb the rise in global temperatures that is melting glaciers, raising sea levels and shifting rainfall patterns. It requires governments to present national plans to reduce emissions in order to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

Greta was born to Svante Thunberg and Malena Ernman on January 3 of 2003 in Stockholm of Sweden. She has a sister Beata Thunberg. her father Svante Thunberg is a swedish actor and mother is a opera singer, her sister is a singer too. Greta has written a book over climate titled in 'No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference' which was published in August 23, 2018. She receieved the 'Right Livelihood Award', 'Glamour Award for The Revolutionary', 'Rachel Carson Prize' and 'Ambassador of Conscience Award' in 2019. She also won 'International Children's Peace Prize' and 'Nordic Council Environment Prize'. In 2020 she won the 'Shortly Award for Best Activism'. She is not only fighting for us but also helping the poor's. She donates 100,000 euro to aid flood relief efforts in South Asia in 2020. The coronavirus outbreak has prevented the Fridays for Future movement that Thunberg inspired from holding its mass rallies in recent months, lowering its public profile.

We are the best creation of Almighty God among all the universes, but what are you doing actually? Screaming like dogs, Hunting like Hyenas, Running like donkeys, but what have you done being a human? There is one Greta Thunberg who is showing us what we really should do. To walk on this way she has to face criticism and even death threats but did not stopped. I specially want to salute this young girl and thanks to the Swedish Government for rewarding her in the best way as she expected.

Reference: AlJazeera, Ndtv

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