As you’re no doubt aware by now, hundreds of thousands – possibly even millions – of people around the world joined demonstrations on Friday calling for action to tackle climate change.
The movement, inspired by teenage activist Greta Thunberg and led by children and young people, is truly global.
Here are 19 pictures and videos that show just how massive Friday’s
protests have been...London, UKEverybody
London #ClimateStrike is massive. I think I’m gonna cry 😭 pic.twitter.com/44OR451v6f— Hannah Martin 🌍 (@Hannah_RM) September 20, 2019 Berlin, GermanyAnd here’s what that looks like a little closer up...#klimastreik#fridaysforfuture
Berlin Brandenburger Tor. Klares Zeichen an die Politik!! pic.twitter.com/aIPufbGunb— David Croyé (@DavidCroye) September 20, 2019Wakiso, UgandaHappening now in the municipal city of Wakiso District. Thousands are participating in the @Fridays4FutureU#ClimateStrike today. @GretaThunberg@Fridays4future@SwedeninUG@amnesty@janine_ok#ClimateActionNowpic.twitter.com/VbGH1ceatE— #KeepMamaAfricaGreen (@SadrachNirere) September 20, 2019Sydney, Australia Stockholm, Sweden Nairobi, KenyaWarsaw, PolandIslamabad, PakistanHuge crowds at the Islamabad #ClimateMarch. There is suddenly a climate movement in Pakistan. #ClimateActionNowpic.twitter.com/jp9jHusiAL— Ammar Rashid ☭ (@AmmarRashidT) September 20, 2019Tokyo, JapanBangkok, ThailandJohannesburg, South AfricaThe #ClimateStrike march in #Johannesburg is 🔥🔥🔥.Moments like this are good moments for reflection. This many people don’t mobilize by accident. #climatestrike#AfrikaVuka#SouthAfricapic.twitter.com/dIuPYW8TqO— 350 Africa (@350Africa) September 20, 2019Istanbul, TurkeyBrussels, BelgiumBrussels! #FridaysForFuture#ClimateStrikepic.twitter.com/S1XjhrM99n— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 20, 2019Athens, GreeceWashington DC, United StatesFilling up here at the #climatestrike in #WashingtonDC. Definitely more women than men and the Adults have showed up! #FridaysForFuture@GretaThunbergpic.twitter.com/NIkS3o6X8s— Dana R Fisher (@Fisher_DanaR) September 20, 2019Hamburg, GermanyOver 50’000 in #Hamburg according to early reports #FridaysForFuture#ClimateStrikepic.twitter.com/C9a7jytAN6— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 20, 2019And finally, good old Brighton and Glasgow, UKHoly crap. Get a load of Brighton!#ClimateStrike@XRBrightonpic.twitter.com/6508cZmO1U— Ben ⧖ Stephens (@stephens_ben) September 20, 2019Glasgow's heavin' ❤ #ClimateStrikepic.twitter.com/ahaA1Yr7fr— andy gerrie (@andygerrie) September 20, 2019Events kicked off in Australia, where
protesters marched in 110 towns and cities, including
Sydney and the national capital Canberra, PA Media reports.
Demonstrators called for their country, the world’s largest exporter of coal and liquid natural gas, to take more drastic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Organisers estimate that more than 300,000 protesters took to
Australian streets in what would be the country’s biggest demonstration since the
Iraq War in 2003.
The protests are partly inspired by the activism of Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has staged weekly demonstrations under the heading Fridays for Future over the past year, calling on world leaders to step up their efforts against climate change.
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