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Worldwide Protest Launched Against Climate Change

VOA News

   A day of worldwide protests against climate change is underway that
   organizers predict will draw more than one million participants, the
   largest-ever expected demonstration decrying the man-made causes of a
   warming planet.

   Friday's protests began across Asia, where hundreds of thousands of
   students and others took to the streets calling for action against
   climate change ahead of a United Nations summit on the issue. The
   protests later spread to Africa and Europe, with huge crowds filling
   the streets.

   In Australia alone, more than 300,000 children and adults rallied with
   the backing of some local authorities, schools and businesses. School
   Strike 4 Climate in Australia said the throngs of protestors
   represented the largest climate protest in the country's history.
   Warmer weather patterns have taken a toll on Australia, sparking
   drought, flooding, more intense brushfires and the whitening of the
   Great Barrier Reef.

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