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BRUSSELS, Sept 25 — United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied across the world today to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global action during the coronavirus pandemic. With wild weather wreaking havoc across the world — from fires...

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg protests in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden September 25, 2020. — TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson pic via Reuters

Demonstrations were planned in more than 3,100 locations, with Australia, Japan and Fiji among the first to kick off — though with pandemic-related curbs limiting the size of gatherings, much of the action shifted online. Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a 22-year-old Fridays for Future activist in the Philippines, said her government was failing to protect people from both the climate and Covid-19 crises.

 

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