Mar 15, 2019
All over the planet on Friday, millions of children and young adults walked out of their classrooms in an unprecedented collective action to demand a radical and urgent shift in society's energy and economic systems in order to avert the worst impacts of human-caused global warming and climate change.
With demonstrations in more than 100 countries and tens of thousands of schools, the worldwide Climate Strike is the largest since 16-year-old Greta Thunberg sparked a wave of increasingly huge marches and walkouts with her one-person strike outside the Swedish Parliament last year.
Since then, Thunberg has admonished and appealed to world leaders at COP24 and Davos, successfully securing a commitment from the European Union to fight the climate crisis while inspiring strikes all over the world. European students began holding weekly walkouts in Brussels in December, while Australian, and German young people are among those who have organized strikes as well.
"We have been born into this world and we have to live with this crisis, and our children and our grandchildren," Thunberg told a crowd of her peers in Stockholm in Friday. "We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are."
In Pictures:
On social media, supporters posted images and videos of students chanting, marching, and waving signs demanding action from their elected officials as well as rebuking some leaders who have criticized the students for skipping school. As one sign in London read, "I'll do my work when you do yours."
Uganda:
\u201c#FridaysForFuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate @vanessadantes1\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552625003
\u201c#FridaysForFuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate Uganda it's happening\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552624895
Brussels:
\u201cLOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE MARCH IN BRUSSELS!!! Young people are rising in 2052 places in 123 countries on every continents. \n\nThere is no time to waste. We must #ActOnClimate. \n\n#climatestrike #klimaatstaking #FridayForFutures #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg \ud83c\udfac via @JohnHyphen\u201d— Mike Hudema (@Mike Hudema) 1552661528
\u201cOur house is on fire.\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udd25 #Brussels #ClimateStrike today is bigger than ever before, loud & colorful. \ud83c\udfa8\ud83d\udc6a\ud83c\udfb5\ud83c\udfb6\u2614\ud83c\udf08 Politicians, do you hear us at last? When will you start to listen to #science & #students & #ActOnClimate? #FridaysForFuture #SchoolsStrike4Climate @GretaThunberg\u201d— Maria Gernert (@Maria Gernert) 1552656801
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
\u201cSign in St. Paul Minnesota:\n"If you don't act like adults, we will."\n#climatestrike #FridaysForFuture\u201d— Eric Holthaus (@Eric Holthaus) 1552672214
Montreal:
\u201cOfficially more than 150,000 students on #ClimateStrike in Montreal, the number just came in!! #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrike4climate #YouthStrike4Climate\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552679311
Lisbon:
Oh boy, look what happened in Lisbon, Portugal.#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/K1Ew1Zg4ey
-- Angela Fay (@lifelearner47) March 15, 2019
New York:
\u201cBeautiful scenes in NYC where thousands of students have gathered at Central Park for the #ClimateStrike. Huge cheers every time a new school joins in.\u201d— Dr. Lucky Tran (@Dr. Lucky Tran) 1552665997
Kyiv, Ukraine:
\u201cIn Kyiv, Ukraine, 100+ students appealed to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman and the govt to recognize climate change as one of the most pressing nationwide problems and to take appropriate action. #Climatestrike took place in six cities in Ukraine.\nPhotos: Olena Angelova\u201d— 350 dot org (@350 dot org) 1552664000
Barcelona:
\u201cHUGE! crowd out in #Barcelona as far as the eye can see. Young people are rising in 2052 places in 123 countries on every continents. \n\nThere is no time to waste. We must #ActOnClimate. \n\n#climatestrike #klimaatstaking #FridayForFutures #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg \ud83c\udfac @luckytran\u201d— Mike Hudema (@Mike Hudema) 1552663332
Santiago, Chile:
\u201cMientras algunos discuten por control de identidad a menores, #Admisi\u00f3nJusta u otras peque\u00f1eces, los j\u00f3venes solo piden tener un futuro para vivir \u00bfSe lo daremos? @sebastianpinera @MMAChile @CarolaSchmidtZ #FridaysForFuture #Santiago #climatechange\u201d— Mauro\ud83c\udf33 (@Mauro\ud83c\udf33) 1552671923
Nigeria:
\u201cIts my 16 weeks\n"Our earth is on fire"\n#ClimateStrike\n#FridaysForFuture in Nigeria.\nNow is the time for us to actions.\n2/n\n@GretaThunberg @350 \n@AlexandriaV2005 @havenruthie @Greenpeace \n@Greenpeaceafric @AfricaCRP @dheenylkhair\n@adebotes @zaynecowie\n@ThisIsZeroHour\u201d— Adenike Titilope Oladosu (@Adenike Titilope Oladosu) 1552651006
Paris:
\u201cWe are thousands of people in #Paris for the global strike for climate ! #Youth4Climate #FridayForFuture @GretaThunberg @FYEG @YouthFrance\u201d— Antoine Tifine \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udf3b (@Antoine Tifine \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udf3b) 1552655607
Bangladesh:
\u201c#climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #Bangladesh #barishal\u201d— munware alam nirjhor (@munware alam nirjhor) 1552642356
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All over the planet on Friday, millions of children and young adults walked out of their classrooms in an unprecedented collective action to demand a radical and urgent shift in society's energy and economic systems in order to avert the worst impacts of human-caused global warming and climate change.
With demonstrations in more than 100 countries and tens of thousands of schools, the worldwide Climate Strike is the largest since 16-year-old Greta Thunberg sparked a wave of increasingly huge marches and walkouts with her one-person strike outside the Swedish Parliament last year.
Since then, Thunberg has admonished and appealed to world leaders at COP24 and Davos, successfully securing a commitment from the European Union to fight the climate crisis while inspiring strikes all over the world. European students began holding weekly walkouts in Brussels in December, while Australian, and German young people are among those who have organized strikes as well.
"We have been born into this world and we have to live with this crisis, and our children and our grandchildren," Thunberg told a crowd of her peers in Stockholm in Friday. "We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are."
In Pictures:
On social media, supporters posted images and videos of students chanting, marching, and waving signs demanding action from their elected officials as well as rebuking some leaders who have criticized the students for skipping school. As one sign in London read, "I'll do my work when you do yours."
Uganda:
\u201c#FridaysForFuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate @vanessadantes1\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552625003
\u201c#FridaysForFuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate Uganda it's happening\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552624895
Brussels:
\u201cLOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE MARCH IN BRUSSELS!!! Young people are rising in 2052 places in 123 countries on every continents. \n\nThere is no time to waste. We must #ActOnClimate. \n\n#climatestrike #klimaatstaking #FridayForFutures #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg \ud83c\udfac via @JohnHyphen\u201d— Mike Hudema (@Mike Hudema) 1552661528
\u201cOur house is on fire.\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udd25 #Brussels #ClimateStrike today is bigger than ever before, loud & colorful. \ud83c\udfa8\ud83d\udc6a\ud83c\udfb5\ud83c\udfb6\u2614\ud83c\udf08 Politicians, do you hear us at last? When will you start to listen to #science & #students & #ActOnClimate? #FridaysForFuture #SchoolsStrike4Climate @GretaThunberg\u201d— Maria Gernert (@Maria Gernert) 1552656801
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
\u201cSign in St. Paul Minnesota:\n"If you don't act like adults, we will."\n#climatestrike #FridaysForFuture\u201d— Eric Holthaus (@Eric Holthaus) 1552672214
Montreal:
\u201cOfficially more than 150,000 students on #ClimateStrike in Montreal, the number just came in!! #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrike4climate #YouthStrike4Climate\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552679311
Lisbon:
Oh boy, look what happened in Lisbon, Portugal.#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/K1Ew1Zg4ey
-- Angela Fay (@lifelearner47) March 15, 2019
New York:
\u201cBeautiful scenes in NYC where thousands of students have gathered at Central Park for the #ClimateStrike. Huge cheers every time a new school joins in.\u201d— Dr. Lucky Tran (@Dr. Lucky Tran) 1552665997
Kyiv, Ukraine:
\u201cIn Kyiv, Ukraine, 100+ students appealed to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman and the govt to recognize climate change as one of the most pressing nationwide problems and to take appropriate action. #Climatestrike took place in six cities in Ukraine.\nPhotos: Olena Angelova\u201d— 350 dot org (@350 dot org) 1552664000
Barcelona:
\u201cHUGE! crowd out in #Barcelona as far as the eye can see. Young people are rising in 2052 places in 123 countries on every continents. \n\nThere is no time to waste. We must #ActOnClimate. \n\n#climatestrike #klimaatstaking #FridayForFutures #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg \ud83c\udfac @luckytran\u201d— Mike Hudema (@Mike Hudema) 1552663332
Santiago, Chile:
\u201cMientras algunos discuten por control de identidad a menores, #Admisi\u00f3nJusta u otras peque\u00f1eces, los j\u00f3venes solo piden tener un futuro para vivir \u00bfSe lo daremos? @sebastianpinera @MMAChile @CarolaSchmidtZ #FridaysForFuture #Santiago #climatechange\u201d— Mauro\ud83c\udf33 (@Mauro\ud83c\udf33) 1552671923
Nigeria:
\u201cIts my 16 weeks\n"Our earth is on fire"\n#ClimateStrike\n#FridaysForFuture in Nigeria.\nNow is the time for us to actions.\n2/n\n@GretaThunberg @350 \n@AlexandriaV2005 @havenruthie @Greenpeace \n@Greenpeaceafric @AfricaCRP @dheenylkhair\n@adebotes @zaynecowie\n@ThisIsZeroHour\u201d— Adenike Titilope Oladosu (@Adenike Titilope Oladosu) 1552651006
Paris:
\u201cWe are thousands of people in #Paris for the global strike for climate ! #Youth4Climate #FridayForFuture @GretaThunberg @FYEG @YouthFrance\u201d— Antoine Tifine \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udf3b (@Antoine Tifine \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udf3b) 1552655607
Bangladesh:
\u201c#climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #Bangladesh #barishal\u201d— munware alam nirjhor (@munware alam nirjhor) 1552642356
All over the planet on Friday, millions of children and young adults walked out of their classrooms in an unprecedented collective action to demand a radical and urgent shift in society's energy and economic systems in order to avert the worst impacts of human-caused global warming and climate change.
With demonstrations in more than 100 countries and tens of thousands of schools, the worldwide Climate Strike is the largest since 16-year-old Greta Thunberg sparked a wave of increasingly huge marches and walkouts with her one-person strike outside the Swedish Parliament last year.
Since then, Thunberg has admonished and appealed to world leaders at COP24 and Davos, successfully securing a commitment from the European Union to fight the climate crisis while inspiring strikes all over the world. European students began holding weekly walkouts in Brussels in December, while Australian, and German young people are among those who have organized strikes as well.
"We have been born into this world and we have to live with this crisis, and our children and our grandchildren," Thunberg told a crowd of her peers in Stockholm in Friday. "We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are."
In Pictures:
On social media, supporters posted images and videos of students chanting, marching, and waving signs demanding action from their elected officials as well as rebuking some leaders who have criticized the students for skipping school. As one sign in London read, "I'll do my work when you do yours."
Uganda:
\u201c#FridaysForFuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate @vanessadantes1\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552625003
\u201c#FridaysForFuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate Uganda it's happening\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552624895
Brussels:
\u201cLOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE MARCH IN BRUSSELS!!! Young people are rising in 2052 places in 123 countries on every continents. \n\nThere is no time to waste. We must #ActOnClimate. \n\n#climatestrike #klimaatstaking #FridayForFutures #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg \ud83c\udfac via @JohnHyphen\u201d— Mike Hudema (@Mike Hudema) 1552661528
\u201cOur house is on fire.\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udd25 #Brussels #ClimateStrike today is bigger than ever before, loud & colorful. \ud83c\udfa8\ud83d\udc6a\ud83c\udfb5\ud83c\udfb6\u2614\ud83c\udf08 Politicians, do you hear us at last? When will you start to listen to #science & #students & #ActOnClimate? #FridaysForFuture #SchoolsStrike4Climate @GretaThunberg\u201d— Maria Gernert (@Maria Gernert) 1552656801
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
\u201cSign in St. Paul Minnesota:\n"If you don't act like adults, we will."\n#climatestrike #FridaysForFuture\u201d— Eric Holthaus (@Eric Holthaus) 1552672214
Montreal:
\u201cOfficially more than 150,000 students on #ClimateStrike in Montreal, the number just came in!! #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrike4climate #YouthStrike4Climate\u201d— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) 1552679311
Lisbon:
Oh boy, look what happened in Lisbon, Portugal.#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/K1Ew1Zg4ey
-- Angela Fay (@lifelearner47) March 15, 2019
New York:
\u201cBeautiful scenes in NYC where thousands of students have gathered at Central Park for the #ClimateStrike. Huge cheers every time a new school joins in.\u201d— Dr. Lucky Tran (@Dr. Lucky Tran) 1552665997
Kyiv, Ukraine:
\u201cIn Kyiv, Ukraine, 100+ students appealed to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman and the govt to recognize climate change as one of the most pressing nationwide problems and to take appropriate action. #Climatestrike took place in six cities in Ukraine.\nPhotos: Olena Angelova\u201d— 350 dot org (@350 dot org) 1552664000
Barcelona:
\u201cHUGE! crowd out in #Barcelona as far as the eye can see. Young people are rising in 2052 places in 123 countries on every continents. \n\nThere is no time to waste. We must #ActOnClimate. \n\n#climatestrike #klimaatstaking #FridayForFutures #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg \ud83c\udfac @luckytran\u201d— Mike Hudema (@Mike Hudema) 1552663332
Santiago, Chile:
\u201cMientras algunos discuten por control de identidad a menores, #Admisi\u00f3nJusta u otras peque\u00f1eces, los j\u00f3venes solo piden tener un futuro para vivir \u00bfSe lo daremos? @sebastianpinera @MMAChile @CarolaSchmidtZ #FridaysForFuture #Santiago #climatechange\u201d— Mauro\ud83c\udf33 (@Mauro\ud83c\udf33) 1552671923
Nigeria:
\u201cIts my 16 weeks\n"Our earth is on fire"\n#ClimateStrike\n#FridaysForFuture in Nigeria.\nNow is the time for us to actions.\n2/n\n@GretaThunberg @350 \n@AlexandriaV2005 @havenruthie @Greenpeace \n@Greenpeaceafric @AfricaCRP @dheenylkhair\n@adebotes @zaynecowie\n@ThisIsZeroHour\u201d— Adenike Titilope Oladosu (@Adenike Titilope Oladosu) 1552651006
Paris:
\u201cWe are thousands of people in #Paris for the global strike for climate ! #Youth4Climate #FridayForFuture @GretaThunberg @FYEG @YouthFrance\u201d— Antoine Tifine \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udf3b (@Antoine Tifine \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udf3b) 1552655607
Bangladesh:
\u201c#climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #Bangladesh #barishal\u201d— munware alam nirjhor (@munware alam nirjhor) 1552642356
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