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Hundreds of Thousands Rally Across Australia, Asia Against Climate Change

Reuters

   The Associated Press contributed to this report.

   SYDNEY/BANGKOK -- Thousands of students took to the streets of
   Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries Friday to kick off a global
   strike demanding world leaders gathering for a U.N. climate summit
   adopt urgent measures to stop an environmental catastrophe.

   "We didn't light it, but we're trying to fight it," read one sign
   carried by a student in Sydney, as social media posts showed huge
   demonstrations around the country, including outback towns like Alice
   Springs.

   "The oceans are rising and so are we," read another sign held by a
   protester wearing school uniform in Melbourne.

   Protests inspired by the 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg
   are planned in about 150 countries Friday as people rally to demand
   governments take immediate action to limit the harmful effects of
   manmade climate change.

     Incredible pictures as Australia's gathering for the
     [1]#climatestrike
     This is the huge crowd building up in Sydney.
     Australia is setting the standard!
     Its bedtime in New York...so please share as many pictures as you
     can as the strikes move across Asia to Europe and Africa!
     [2]pic.twitter.com/7eAPUQPq5C
     -- Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) [3]September 20, 2019

   Rally at UN headquarters

   The strike will culminate in New York when Thunberg, who has been
   nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her climate activism, will
   spearhead a rally at the United Nations headquarters.

   Thunberg noted the "huge crowd" in Sydney in a tweet, which she said
   would set the standard as the strikes moved across Asia, Europe and
   Africa.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatestrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/7eAPUQPq5C
   3. https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1174872985251000320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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