Friday, September 23, 2022

FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE PROTESTS
New Zealand students protest climate change


Sep 23, 2022
Reuters

Hundreds of demonstrators, including students, protested outside Parliament House in Wellington, NZ, demanding more action on climate change.
 
Italy Climate Change Protests Live | Global Climate Change | Global Warming | English News Live
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Climate campaigners arrested on suspicion of blocking roads or other offences are waiting up to six months in prison before being tried.
Josh Smith, a 29-year-old stonemason from Manchester, has been held on remand in HMP Peterborough for more than two months.
His court date is not set until 1 February, meaning he will have been incarcerated for half a year before any sentence may be imposed.
Smith, who is one of at least seven people being held long-term in prison awaiting trial, says the one positive about his position is that people seem more receptive to his message about the climate crisis.
Lawmakers Join Students in Global Call for Action on Climate Change
Sep 23, 2022
NBC Bay Area
North Bay Rep. Mike Thompson and a group of Sonoma County high school students called Thursday for the passage of a resolution that would support mental health resources for young people affected by climate change-related disasters. It’s part of a global movement this weekend. Damian Trujillo reports.
  
Youth Rally for Climate in Toronto #GenClimateAction
Sep 22, 2022
Ecojustice Canada

On September 11, 2022, we held a rally in Toronto to support seven young Ontarians taking the Ford government to court over its weakened climate target.
Sophia, Zoe, Shaelyn, Alex, Shelby, Madi, and Beze — backed by Ecojustice lawyers — argued that the Ontario government’s dangerous approach to climate change has put the collective future of youth at risk. 

Now we wait for the verdict.

Whatever happens, this case has already made legal history. It is the first climate lawsuit based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to reach a full hearing in any Canadian court. A victory could set a vital precedent for how governments across the country respond to the climate crisis.
Las Vegas high school students to hold climate change walkout
Sep 21, 2022
8 News NOW Las Vegas
High school students across Clark County are expected to stage a walkout this week in hopes of bringing awareness to climate change justice.

Students hold global climate 

change protests

STORY: Hundreds of demonstrators and environmentalists took the streets in their capital cities on Friday (September 23) to demand action on climate change, joining global protests as part of the student-led “Fridays for Future” movement.

In New Zealand, Green Party leader James Shaw told the crowd: "If anybody tells you that your voice doesn't count and that you're too young to make a difference, do not believe them. It is because of young people that we even have the Zero Carbon Act in this country, that's because of you and people like you all around the country."

Similar protests are set to be held in Britain and Brazil.

VIDEO Students hold global climate change protests (yahoo.com)


Fridays for future: Protesters fear climate change impact, demand aid for poor

Issued on: 23/09/2022 

05:21 Video by: Valérie DEKIMPE

Youth activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” on Friday to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming. They took to the streets in Jakarta, Tokyo and Berlin carrying banners with slogans such as “It's not too late.” The demonstrations were organised by the Fridays for Future youth movement that took its cue from activist Greta Thunberg, who began protesting alone outside the Swedish parliament in 2018. FRANCE 24's Environment Editor Valérie Dekimpe tells us more

 

'Surviving is the real test': Students skip school to call for climate action

Issued on: 23/09/2022 - 



00:34 Video by: FRANCE 24

Youth activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” on Friday to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.



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