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September 30, 2019

More Than 2 Million Take Part in Global Climate Strike
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More than 2 million people took to the streets in a massive Global
Climate Strike Friday. From Bangladesh to Uganda to Chile, demonstrators
walked out of work or school to demand world leaders act to solve the
climate crisis. One million people protested throughout Italy alone. In
Montreal, 600,000 people joined the strike, including Greta Thunberg,
the Swedish climate activist who sparked the Fridays for Future
movement.

Greta Thunberg: "This week, world leaders from all around the world
gathered in New York for the U.N. Climate Action Summit. They
disappointed us once again with their empty words and insufficient
plans. We told them to unite behind the science, but they didn't listen.
So, today, we are millions around the world, striking and marching
again, and we will keep on doing it until they listen."

The protest followed the September 20 global demonstration that brought
more than 4 million people into the streets. 350.org founder Bill Mc
Kibben called the week of protests "almost certainly the largest
demonstration our planet has yet seen about climate change."


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