Assessing the Historic Global Climate Strike

FEATURING THANU YAKUPITIYAGE – The historic Global Climate Strike on Friday mobilized an estimated 4 million protesters in thousands of cities worldwide demanding action on climate change. What started out as a small number of school kids around the world skipping school on Fridays last year, ballooned into a massive movement that has inspired a huge swath of humanity to take to the streets.

Friday’s actions kicked off a week-long series of events through September 27th. The actions are timed to coincide with a major United Nations climate conference taking place at the UN headquarters in New York where state leaders are expecting to make stronger pledges for climate action.

For information about other actions taking place all over the United States this week visit https://globalclimatestrike.net and www.riseforclimate.org.

Thanu Yakupitiyage, U.S Communications Manager, 350.org.