“We young people have understood that the climate crisis is an emergency, and we ask everyone to act like it, to stop business as usual with us.”
walking out of school, surpassing even the incredible count of 1.6 million kids who took part in the first strike in March.
“We young people have understood that the climate crisis is an emergency,” Luisa Neubauner of Fridays for Future Germany declaredUntil the status quo is changed, the strikes will not stop. “This September,” Neubauner announced in her statement, “millions of us across the globe will join us on the streets to demand the end of empty commitment but real change and real climate action.”
Strikes on September 20th and 27th are already scheduled in over 150 countries—and organizers are optimistic that these, too, will break records. “We are the younger generation, we are the ones who are going to be affected and therefore we demand justice,” Thunberg said inon 350.org, which featured short clips of people from around the world declaring their support of the strikes in their native tongues. “Everyone should mobilize for the 20th and 27th of September,” she explained, “because this is a global issue which actually affects everyone.
Thunberg’s urgency is belied by the data. This past year alone has seen a rapid rise in extreme weather conditions: Europe has experienced some of
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