Leaders of a youth climate strike movement launched by teen activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday they will return to mass protests – including street actions where possible – next week, as wildfires and other climate threats surge around the planet. “We are going to send a signal we must treat this crisis like a crisis. This is a global emergency,” Thunberg told journalists in an online briefing.The protests will be carried out both on the streets and digitally, “whichever way is safe”, she said from Sweden. More than 2,300 protest actions have been registered for the Sept. 25 event on the Fridays for Future website.
Coronavirus restrictions on public meetings will limit the size of many and push others online. But Argentinian youth activist Eyal Weintraub said there would also be “mass physical gatherings in some places where the health situation allows”. As nations try to restart their economies after virus-driven slowdowns, they should ensure stimulus spending boosts climate action and reduces social inequalities, the young campaigners said. Thunberg said politicians failed to recognise how serious the threats are already from floods, heatwaves, hurricanes and wildfires that are affecting millions.
As they look for ways to push their agenda despite the pandemic, Fridays for Future activists also said they would hold a “Mock COP26” online meeting in November to replace the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, now delayed for a year. The event, with representatives of countries from around the world, aims to “fill the void” of the postponed talks and replicate elements of it, from keynote speeches to panel discussions and a summary statement. On Friday, many of the activists said efforts pushing for faster climate action in their countries had been met with repression or indifference.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
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