#FridaysForFuture Sets Off New Wave of Youth Activism

Today, hundreds of thousands of children marched in dozens of countries around the world to send a clear, urgent message: governments should do more to tackle climate change now – not just with words and pledges, but with concrete steps. Expand A child protester marches in Berlin, Germany, to demand government action on climate change, March 15, 2019. © 2019 Juliane Kippenberg/Human Rights Watch What started with the protest of a single Swedish girl – then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg – has now grown into a global youth movement and perhaps the biggest “climate strike” in history. At the…

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