Australia and Asia students get global climate strike underway
Protesters urge UN Climate Action Summit to adopt urgent measures to stop an environmental catastrophe
20 September 2019 - 11:13
Sydney/Bangkok — Thousands of students took to the streets of Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries on Friday to kick off a global strike demanding world leaders gathering for a UN Climate Action 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...
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