'New York City stands with our young people. They're our conscience,' tweeted Mayor Bill de Blasio.
But no matter the stance, it's rare and rather impressive to see such a large and cohesive movement coordinated largely by those under the age of 18. But most executives and politicians who are the target of these protests have yet to be moved into taking dramatic action.
A report issued by the United Nations last year concluded that the world had just 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe."We are the last generation that can prevent irreparable damage to our planet," General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés warned the United Nations in March.
A U.S. climate report issued by issued by 13 federal agencies last year also found that if significant steps weren't taken to prevent climate change, the U.S. would lose 10 percent of its economic power by the end of the century and sustain irreversible damage to its environment. President Donald Trump has questioned both of the reports and regularly makes fun of the concept of climate change on Twitter during snow storms. In the past he has suggested that climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese.
Young demonstrators hold placards as they attend a climate change protest organised by"Youth Strike 4 Climate", opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on February 15, 2019.
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