Climate Change Protests Spread Around The World On Global Day Of Action

ABC News

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, left, takes part during the Climate Strike in New York. (AP: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Key points Protests began in the Pacific on Friday, with an estimated 300,000 Australians taking to the streets Climate change rallies spread to Asia, Africa and Europe throughout the rest of the day The day of action is being held ahead of the United Nations climate summit in New York next week

Students worldwide are taking to the streets to demand more action against climate change after an estimated 300,000 Australians gathered at rallies around the country.
As Friday began around the world, rallies spread across Asia into Africa and Europe, with school students joined by supporters of all ages.
The global day of action was called ahead of a United Nations climate summit in New York next week.
In Nigeria, 37-year-old Seye Adegbpye, 37, told the BBC she joined the climate change protest in Lagos as she had noticed water levels getting higher and flooding getting worse every year.
"The city is also getting hotter and hotter," she said.

Research shows Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period weren't globally coherent periods of warming or cold.

"Even though there aren't many of us here today, I'm hoping our Government will hear our requests and implement policies such as increasing the number of trees that are planted around the city."
Banashree Thapa, 23, joined climate protests in Delhi, outside the Lodhi garden.
"I am the daughter of a forest ranger but what will he protect if there is nothing left to protect?" she asked the BBC.
"This is beyond climate change," she says.
"This is nature's wrath. And it's coming for us. That's what brought me here."

Around a thousand protesters march to demand action on climate change, in the streets of downtown Nairobi, Kenya. (AP: Ben Curtis)

Children hold placards and signs while in front of a historic building in London

An activist displays a placard during a rally to coincide with the global protests on climate change at the University of Philippines campus in suburban Quezon city in the Philippines. (AP: Bullit Marquez)

Hundreds of people marched in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand, to demand the Government take measures to deal with the climate change crisis. (AP: Thanis Sudto)

A young protester shouts slogans with others in front of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi, India. (AP: Manish Swarup)

Climate protesters demonstrate in Athens, Greece. (AP: Thanassis Stavrakis)

Several hundreds of protesters gathered in Prague's Old Town Square. (AP: Petr David Josek)

Activists of the group 'Extinction Rebellion' shedding red liquid, symbolising blood, on the stairs of a recently opened promenade in Hamberg, Germany. (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)

People hold signs as they demonstrate at the march to the US Capitol during the Climate Strike. (AP: Kevin Wolf)

Links

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