Thousands of young Antipodeans protest climate change
More than a million young people are expected to join protests in at least 110 countries to demand leaders curb greenhouse gas emissions
Melbourne/Wellington — Thousands of young activists in Australia and New Zealand launched a global protest on Friday demanding that politicians and business leaders move swiftly to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to fight climate change. Co-ordinators expect more than a million young people to join protests in at least 110 countries, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg’s demand for urgent action to slow global warming. “I’m worried about all the weather disasters. Every time we have huge a bushfire here another animal might go extinct,” said Nina Pasqualini, a 13-year-old at a rally in Melbourne, led by the group Extinction Rebellion. “The government isn’t doing as much as it should. It’s just scary for younger generations,” she said, holding up a placard seeking to stop a proposed new coal mine in Australia. Global warming due to heat-trapping GHGs from burning fossil fuels has brought more droughts and heatwaves, melting of glaciers, rising sea levels and d...
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