Fridays for Future Climate Change Protests

Student protestors take to the streets in a global protest aiming to push world leaders into action on climate change

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A young boy takes part in a demonstration against climate change during a Friday Global Climate Strike in Parliament Square in London, Britain, 15 March 2019. Students across the world are taking part in a massive global student strike movement called #FridayForFuture which was sparked by Greta Thunberg of Sweden, a sixteen-year-old climate activist who has been protesting outside the Swedish parliament every Friday since August 2018. EPA/NEIL HALL

A banner reading 'Winter is not coming' is displayed as people take part in a demonstration against climate change as part of the 'Fridays for Future' on March 15, 2019 in Brussels. - Tens of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on March 15, 2019 and marched through the streets on a global day of student protests aiming to push world leaders into action on climate change. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration as part of a global day of student protests aiming to push world leaders into action on climate change on March 15, 2019, in Valence, southeastern France. - The worldwide youth protests were inspired by a Swedish teen activist who camped out in front of parliament in Stockholm last year to demand action from world leaders on global warming. (Photo by Jean-Philippe KSIAZEK / AFP)JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images

An Austrian youth shouts slogans during a climate protest outside the Hofburg palace in Vienna as part of the "Fridays For Future" movement on a global day of student protests aiming to spark world leaders into action on climate change on March 15, 2019. - The worldwide protests were inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, who camped out in front of parliament in Stockholm last year to demand action from world leaders on global warming. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP)JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images

Youth shows writing refering to activist Greta Thunberg as they participate in a demonstration against climate change in Athens on March 15, 2019. - The worldwide protests were inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, who camped out in front of parliament in Stockholm last year to demand action from world leaders on global warming. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images

Greta Thunberg (C), the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and her sister Beata Thunberg (L) take part in the "Fridays For Future" movement on a global day of student protests aiming to spark world leaders into action on climate change on March 15, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. - The worldwide protests were inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, who camped out in front of parliament in Stockholm last year to demand action from world leaders on global warming. (Photo by Henrik MONTGOMERY / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUTHENRIK MONTGOMERY/AFP/Getty Images

People take part in a demonstration against climate change as part of the 'Fridays for Future' on March 15, 2019 in Brussels. - Tens of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on March 15, 2019 and marched through the streets on a global day of student protests aiming to push world leaders into action on climate change. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

Young demonstrators climb on the Queen Victoria Memorial (QVM) as they take part in the "Global Strike 4 Climate" protest march, outside of Buckingham Palace in central London on March 15, 2019. - Hundreds of young people took to the streets to demonstrate Friday, with some of them having gone on strike from school, as part of a global youth action over climate change. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images

Students hold placards during a strike as part of a global day of student protests aiming to spark world leaders into action on climate change at Najjanankumbi young christian school in Kampala, Uganda, on March 15, 2019. - The worldwide protests were inspired by a Swedish teen activist, who camped out in front of parliament in Stockholm last year to demand action from world leaders on global warming. (Photo by Isaac Kasamani / AFP)ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of students demonstrate during a 'Climate strike' protest in Bern, Switzerland, 15 March 2019. Students across the world are taking part in a massive global student strike movement called #FridayForFuture which was sparked by Greta Thunberg of Sweden, a sixteen year old climate activist who has been protesting outside the Swedish parliament every Friday since August 2018. EPA/PETER SCHNEIDER

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MARCH 15: School children hold placards and shout slogans as they participate in a protest outside the Scottish Parliament on March 15, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Students around the world took to the streets on March 15 to protest a lack of climate awareness and demand that elected officials take action on climate change. Inspired by Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old environmental activist who started skipping school since August 2018 to protest outside Sweden's parliament, school and university students worldwide have followed her lead and shared her alarm and anger. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Fri Mar 15 2019 - 16:02

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