Photos: What the youth climate strike looks like around the world

Hundreds of people marched from District six to Parliament during a Global Climate strike in CapeTown, South Africa, on September 20, 2019.Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Photos: What the youth climate strike looks like around the world

These images of youth climate activists on strike around the world are simply inspiring.
By Brian Resnick and Danielle Scruggs Updated Sep 20, 2019, 2:57pm EDT

This story is part of Covering Climate Now , a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.

Friday may be remembered as the largest global demonstration ever in the fight against climate change . Inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, young people around the world have organized to skip school and protest in the street over the climate crisis and the adults who aren’t doing enough to transition off fossil fuels.

Thunberg and her group Fridays for Future aren’t alone: They’ll be joined by adult climate activists, indigenous groups, workers from companies like Amazon and Google, and really anyone who feels like the world is overdue for dramatic action on climate change.

The event is truly global: There are 2,500 events scheduled in over 150 countries.

Let’s take a look at what’s happening around the globe.

Afghanistan Young people attend a Climate Strike rally, as Afghan security forces guard them in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 20, 2019. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Australia Young children dressed in traditional dress representing the Pacific Island get ready to march in Melbourne, Australia on September 20, 2019. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images Bangladesh School students and protesters gather in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 20, 2019. Allison Joyce/Getty Images Belgium Protesters march in Brussels on September 20, 2019. Jack Taylor/Getty Images Chile Demonstrators play dead during the global climate strike in Santiago, Chile. Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images China Protesters hold signs and chant slogans during the Hong Kong Climate Strike rally in Hong Kong, China on September 20, 2019. Chris McGrath/Getty Images El Salvador A demonstrator wearing a face mask holds up banners in San Salvador, El Salvador. Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images France Young climate protesters stand on the statue of the nation’s square in Paris, France on September 20, 2019. Emeric Fohlen/NurPhoto via Getty Images Germany In Hamburg, Germany, climate strikers fill one of the city’s main streets on September 20, 2019. CityNewsTV/Picture Alliance/Getty Images Greece Students demonstrate in central Athens, Greece on September 20, 2019. Nicolas Koutsokostas/NurPhoto/Getty Images India Students wearing masks hold signs as they protest against governmental inaction towards climate breakdown in Guwahati, India on September 20, 2019. Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images Indonesia Schoolgirls call for action on climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 20, 2019. Ed Wray/Getty Images Japan Climate strikers hold signs in Tokyo, Japan, near United Nations University on September 20, 2019. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images Netherlands School students and protesters march at the Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands on September 20, 2019. Paulo Amorim/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nigeria Protesters cheer and march in Abuja, Nigeria on September 20, 2019. Kola Sulaimon/AFP/Getty Images Pakistan Youths hold placards as they march in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 20, 2019. Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images Philippines Flipino indigenous youth, students, and environmental activists take part in the Global Climate Strike in Quezon City, Philippines on September 20, 2019. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Poland Students, parents and activists march in Krakow, Poland on September 20, 2019. Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images South Africa Young people march to Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa on September 20, 2019. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images South Korea Environmental activists stage a performance using LED lights to create the Morse code symbol for SOS in Seoul, South Korea on September 20, 2019. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Thailand Thai youth take part in a “die-in”, where strikers lie on the ground and pretend to die, symbolizing the impact of climate change in Bangkok, Thailand on September 20, 2019. Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images Ukraine Youth hold posters during the Global Climate Strike in Kiev, Ukraine on September 20, 2019. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images United Kingdom Students listen to speakers as they attend the Global Climate Strike in London, United Kingdom on September 20, 2019. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Greta Thunberg blasts world leaders in emotional speech at U.N. climate summit

Published on Sep 23, 2019

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Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Monday opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit with an angry condemnation of world leaders for failing to take strong measures to combat climate change.

Thunberg, visibly emotional, said in shaky but stern remarks at the opening of the summit that the generations that have polluted the most have burdened her and her generation with the extreme impacts of climate change.

'This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you,' she said.

'You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,' Thunberg said.

Days after millions of young people took to the streets worldwide to demand emergency action on climate change, leaders gathered for the annual United Nations General Assembly were to try to inject fresh momentum into stalling efforts to curb carbon emissions.

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