Millions take to streets for global climate strike

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Millions of people are taking to the streets across the world in what could be the largest climate protest in history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of today’s first protests were held in Australia&comma; where an estimated 300&comma;000 people gathered at more than 100 rallies calling for action to guard against climate change&comma; with further demonstrations held across parts of Asia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Protesters joining the climate strikes in Ireland can expect a day of unseasonably warm weather as they call on businesses and politicians to cut emissions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Children and young people across the country are preparing to walk out of lessons and lectures&comma; with hundreds of thousands of workers expected to join them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am not going to endorse people leaving school because I think education&comma; time spent in school&comma; is incredibly important&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The protests are part of a snowballing movement sparked by teenage activist Greta Thunberg’s school strikes outside the Swedish parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first large-scale protests of today’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;global climate strike” took place in Sydney and Canberra&comma; with demonstrators calling on leaders in Australia&comma; the world’s largest exporter of coal and liquid natural gas&comma; to take more drastic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Similar rallies are planned for around the world&comma; with 800 events set to take place in the US and 400 in Germany&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The protests come ahead of a climate summit at the UN next week convened by secretary-general Antonio Guterres to urge countries to up their climate efforts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Tomorrow we strike back&excl;<br &sol;>Global Climate Strike September 20-27th&colon;<br &sol;>5225 events<br &sol;>In 156 countries<br &sol;>On all 7 continents<br &sol;>And counting&excl;<br &sol;>Find your local strike or register your own at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;G06WbXNvl1">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;G06WbXNvl1<&sol;a> <br &sol;>Spread the word and see you in the streets&excl;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;FridaysForFuture&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;FridaysForFuture<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;ClimateStrike&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;ClimateStrike<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;E6MSYFsqug">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;E6MSYFsqug<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Greta Thunberg &lpar;&commat;GretaThunberg&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;GretaThunberg&sol;status&sol;1174700302123057157&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 19&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Much steeper measures are needed across the globe to prevent temperature rises of more than 1&period;5C &lpar;2&period;7F&rpar; or 2C &lpar;3&period;6F&rpar; to avoid the worst impacts of climate change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As if to underline the urgency of the issue&comma; the mercury is set to hit 26C &lpar;78&period;8F&rpar; in parts of Britain this weekend – 8C above the average for the time of year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is unbelievable that we should need global strike action for the future of our planet to be taken seriously&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The stark reality is that our climate is changing rapidly and we are running out of time to address it&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I hope governments around the world who are failing to take action hear the voices of millions of people&comma; young and old&comma; unified in their call for action to save our planet&period; Our future depends on it&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The UK Student Climate Network &lpar;UKSCN&rpar; says more than 200 events are taking place across the UK&comma; with – for the first time – adults being encouraged to join the youngsters as they strike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>UKSCN is calling on politicians to bring in a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Green New Deal” to cut the UK’s emissions to zero and improve lives&comma; changes to education to equip youngsters to deal with the climate crisis and votes at 16 to give them a voice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the many trade unions throwing their weight behind the strikes are the TUC Congress&comma; the University and College Union and Unite&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Young people are striking for their futures and I am standing with them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be part of the global movement for change and find your nearest climate strike action here&colon; 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