Students from all over the world walk out of schools to take part in protests calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks on stage in Kungstradgarden Park during the Global Strike for Future demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden, May 24, 2019.
"If the EU were to decide to seriously fight the climate crisis, it would mean a decisive global change. And the EU election should reasonably only be about this. But it isn’t. Not at all," Thunberg told thousands of supporters gathered in Kungstradgarden Square in Stockholm’s banking district. The numbers were expected to climb significantly as protesters gathered in North and South America and more rallies were added to the count. An estimated 1.5 million young people took part in a previous global school strike on March 15.
"We are putting pressure on the governments and we want them to act fast and now," said David Wicker, 14, who joined some 7,500 young protesters in Brussels. Global carbon emissions hit a record high last year, despite a warning from the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in October that output of the gases will have to be slashed over the next 12 years to stabilise the climate.
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