NEW YORK: Masses of children skipped school on Friday to join a global strike against climate change that teen activist Greta Thunberg hopesAbout four million people filled city streets around the world, organisers said, in what was expected to be the biggest ever protest against the threat posed to the planet by rising temperatures.
"If we actually try to make a difference we can. It's not too late yet," said 12-year-old Annabelle Abramowitz in New York, where 1.1 million students were permitted to skip school for the event.kicked off the day of action, which spread to Africa and Europe, with crowds turning out in Paris, London and Berlin, before nearing their completion in the United States where Thunberg rallied.
In Slovakia, five-year-old Teo asked a crowd of 500"not to cut down forests, and reduce garbage production, and not to use so many petrol-fuelled cars.""Now we have proven what we can do, now they have to prove what they can . They need to take their responsibility," said the Swede. Pacific Islanders march in Sydney in one of the first protests in a global day of action on climate change.
About 200 marched in Ghana's capital Accra, where about 44 per cent of the country's population has not heard of climate change, according to a study by Afrobarometer.
'say no to climate change!' ten mins later 'gugugaga... Mommy where's my milk...'
The Left will use children when it comes to issues like climate change, illegal migration or anti war protests but they are conspicuous by their absence when it comes to ‘choice’!
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