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Thousands of Young People Rally for Climate Action in Belgium

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
03/12/19
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Thousands of young people rallied in Belgium to demand action on climate change Thursday, part of a wave of demonstrations led by high school students and aimed at intensifying pressure on governments.

Carrying banners with slogans like “No world, no future” and “Make our planet great again,” some 30,000 people took to the streets across the country, with some 12,500 in Brussels.

They are part of a network of student-led protest groups that have seen tens of thousands of young people around the world ditch school to demand serious action against climate change in recent months.

#EuronewsNow | Students in Belgium are skipping school again demanding better protection of the planet's fragile climate. 70,000 people took part in a similar event on Sunday.

Greg Lory (@GrLory) is at the march in Brussels with the latest.https://t.co/Rve1LorsqB pic.twitter.com/hwJCZAduDC

— euronews (@euronews) January 31, 2019

In Belgium, the “Youth for Climate” movement has seen schoolchildren and students shun classes every Thursday for the past four weeks.

“Many say we do this to skip school, but we didn’t even have class today, our teachers were away,” said one student, Elias.“So we just come because it’s important. I don’t want to find myself in 20 years with a destroyed climate and tell myself that I didn’t do anything.”

INSPIRING: Tens of thousands of children in Belgium are rallying for bold, immediate action on climate change#ClimateStrike #Youth4Climate pic.twitter.com/qm5MTJZTek

— CREDO Mobile (@CREDOMobile) January 31, 2019

Brandishing a megaphone, 17-year-old Anuna De Wever told the crowd: “We need change! Now!”

The Flemish high school student has become the high-profile face of the marches, facing death threats for her activism.

“We must all ask the leaders of our planet to solve this problem right now, to listen to the experts and to swear that the climate will be a priority until we are protected,” she said.

Then added in English: “What do we want? Climate Justice! When do we want it? Now!”

'I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic.' — This teen climate activist is telling world leaders exactly what's at stake if they don't act pic.twitter.com/lNTTiuieMe

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 31, 2019


More on the Subject

As the climate change problem turns itself into a climate change emergency, the year 2019 may actually see a turning tide of global action, according to Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Independent University, Bangladesh.

Climate Change in 2019: Reasons for Renewed Optimism

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