Youth activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” on Friday to highlight their fears about effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.
i m sumi so much kind of good to have you with us we start with grassroots initiatives around the world that are putting climate change on top of the agenda the environmental youth movement started by the sixteen year old swedish activist credit card has inspired young people in many countries more than a million students have taken part in school strikes to demand action against climate change one group of german students turned out today to pressure bosses at the annual shareholders meeting of the power generator art of u.e. . these students are skipping school for climate protection with posters and chants the fridays for future youth movement as well as environmental activists trying to rack up the pressure on german energy company r. w. e. today the protesters didn t go unnoticed by the company s top management in essen freitas for future a fridays for a future is adding
the fridays for future youth movement as well as environmental activists trying to wrack up the pressure on german energy company r. w. e. today the protesters didn t go unnoticed by the company s top management in essen freitas for future a fridays for future is adding a topic to today s agenda that s making everyone aware of the issue but making demands also means doing something unfortunately it seems to me that feasible action gets short shrift in many debates are w e s corporate leadership plans to restructure the company in fact it s supposed to purchase solar and wind based electricity provider and on this year this should help r.w. ease investment value and polish its image for louise annoyed by our it s a step in the right direction but it s not enough she was able to express her view in a speech given to top management and shareholders during our w e s annual shareholders