Young demonstrators join a #FridaysForFuture #YouthStrike4Climate event outside the Houses of Parliament in London, England. Hundreds of young people in the city walked out of school and took to the streets as part of a global youth-led day of action bringing attention to climate change.
Inspired by Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old environmental activist who started skipping school on Fridays in August, 2018 to protest outside Sweden's parliament, school and university students worldwide who share her alarm and anger have joined her movement.
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Kids striking against climate change: 'We're fighting for our lives'
From Vanuatu to California, young people went on a "climate strike" to bring attention to the way climate change threatens their futures.
Washington, D.C.Thousands of young people across the world walked out of school on Friday in massive, internationally coordinated “strikes” to bring attention to what they see as an existential threat: climate change. From Vanuatu to Brussels, throngs of students gathered, waving signs, singing and yelling chants, and clustering together in a coordinated attempt to express their concern to those who have the power to address the issue.
These young people have never experienced a world untouched by climate change—yet they are the ones who will bear the brunt of its impacts, says Nadia Nazar, one of the organizers of the strike in Washington, D.C.
“We’re the first generation that’s being significantly affected by climate change, and the last generation that can do
