Here’s everything you need to know about the 2019 Youth Climate Strike
The 2018 Youth Climate Strike. Photo: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images On Friday, ahead of the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York, some of the world’s fiercest climate activists will raise their collective voice to demand immediate action on the climate catastrophe: young people.
Where are these demonstrations occurring? Young people in more than 150 countries have planned to strike, according to the Global Climate Strike’s website. Per the U.S. event’s official website, some of the biggest stateside protests will be in Boston, Chicago, Madison, New York City, Phoenix, and Seattle.
Most students aren’t so lucky, though. In fact, New York City’s declaration inspired cities across the country to preemptively announce that students who skipped school to join their local protest would not be excused. Some such cities include Seattle and Philadelphia.• Pass Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey’s Green New Deal, which transform the U.S.
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