Protests are taking place today to show people’s dissatisfaction with climate policy.
Hundreds of thousands of children and young people are walking out of lessons in London and around the world.
Climate strikes are planned in more than 1,400 cities in more than 110 countries.
In the UK, more than 100 school climate demonstrations have been planned.
Inspired by the Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, organisers have said more than 1.4 million young people will protest about the climate crisis across the globe.
Noga Levy-Rapoport, of the UK Student Climate Network, which helped organise the events, said climate breakdown posed “a grave threat to life on Earth”.
How bad is it?
In 2018, the UN’s leading scientists warned we have little over a decade to limit climate catastrophe.
Another UN report stated we face widespread collapse of ecosystems and risk to humanity if we do not alter our damaging ways.
Last week it emerged that the Antarctic ice is melting faster than previously feared and global atmospheric CO2 emissions reached a record level of 415ppm.
In a BBC documentary Sir David Attenborough stated:
“we are facing a man made disaster on a global scale.”
The British naturalist and broadcaster, considered by many as the spearhead of action against climate change, warned:
“The scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies.”
Who is Greta Thunberg and what did she do?
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl who started the School Strike for Climate.
Greta began protesting outside the Swedish parliament at the age of 15 for immediate action to combat climate change.
On 20 August 2018, Thunberg, who had just started ninth grade, decided to not attend school until the 2018 Swedish General Election.
This came after Sweden was hit by severe heat waves and wildfire.
Her demands were that the Swedish government reduce carbon emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
She protested by sitting outside the Riksdag every day during school hours with the sign Skolstrejk för klimatet (school strike for the climate).
She has since become an outspoken and influential climate activist.
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Whats happening?
Protests are taking place today to show people’s dissatisfaction with climate policy.
Hundreds of thousands of children and young people are walking out of lessons in London and around the world.
Climate strikes are planned in more than 1,400 cities in more than 110 countries.
In the UK, more than 100 school climate demonstrations have been planned.
Inspired by the Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, organisers have said more than 1.4 million young people will protest about the climate crisis across the globe.
Noga Levy-Rapoport, of the UK Student Climate Network, which helped organise the events, said climate breakdown posed “a grave threat to life on Earth”.
How bad is it?
In 2018, the UN’s leading scientists warned we have little over a decade to limit climate catastrophe.
Another UN report stated we face widespread collapse of ecosystems and risk to humanity if we do not alter our damaging ways.
Last week it emerged that the Antarctic ice is melting faster than previously feared and global atmospheric CO2 emissions reached a record level of 415ppm.
In a BBC documentary Sir David Attenborough stated:
“we are facing a man made disaster on a global scale.”
The British naturalist and broadcaster, considered by many as the spearhead of action against climate change, warned:
“The scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies.”
Who is Greta Thunberg and what did she do?
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl who started the School Strike for Climate.
Greta began protesting outside the Swedish parliament at the age of 15 for immediate action to combat climate change.
On 20 August 2018, Thunberg, who had just started ninth grade, decided to not attend school until the 2018 Swedish General Election.
This came after Sweden was hit by severe heat waves and wildfire.
Her demands were that the Swedish government reduce carbon emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
She protested by sitting outside the Riksdag every day during school hours with the sign Skolstrejk för klimatet (school strike for the climate).
She has since become an outspoken and influential climate activist.
