The climate strikers’ urgency has inspired me to call a UN summit | António Guterres

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The climate strikers’ urgency has inspired me to call a UN summit | António Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations

Tens of thousands of young people took to the streets on Friday with a clear message to world leaders: act now to save our planet and our future from the climate emergency.

 

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Don't bring leaders, please. Bring scientists.

And what are you going to do about the underwater volcanoes erupting in the arctic? Overpopulation of planet - at what 8 Billion. Today's youth espouses change but they need to look in the mirror as far as placing blame. Phones for 6yr olds, multiple TVs, DVD players, cars-etc.

In Wales WelshGovernment have actively promoted a polluting incinerator and pushed it through refusing to have an EIA which their own rules demand. Then to help the operator they reduce monitoring from daily to quarterly. They also agreed for nuclear mud to be dumped in our sea

EH? Such BS! During ROMAN TIMES and the MINOAN PERIOD ice-core samples CLEARLY SHOW that there was more CO2 in the atmosphere than there is today/ modern times! I don`t ever remember being told that either civilisations drove around in SUVs or burned FOSSIL FUELS!!! x

Young people - you did this.

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