Youth Climate Strike: ‘Climate Now, School Later’

“Hey, hey, ho, ho! Climate change has got to go,” chanted hundreds of people at the Youth Climate Strike at the Massachusetts State House in Boston at midday today. Predicted to be one of some 500 protests across 50 nations, the rally was “to fight for our futures & demand that our lawmakers put an end to climate change.”

“We can! We will pass the Green New Deal!” the crowd chanted. “We are not throwing away our shot!”

“We are striking to demand the following,” organizers wrote on the event website, “1. A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in line with the October 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming. 2. World leaders come together and take action that ensures global warming remains under 1.5 degrees Celsius. 3. U.S. leaders implement the Green New Deal and other legislative actions that help to solve the climate crisis.”

All photos here copyright 2019 Greg Cook.

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