Youth Leaders Demand Radical Climate Action at UN

More than 700 young climate change activists attended Saturday’s Youth Climate Summit at the UN and asked for bold steps to combat climate change.

Crux of the Matter

1. The movement is spearheaded by 16 year old Greta Thunberg from Sweden who had started with a lone protest before Sweden’s parliament about a year ago.

2. Students had organised strikes across 6 continents to protest perceived lack of action to combat climate change at a global level.

3. The protesters main demands include culling the use of petroleum fuel and supporting poorer nations adapt to global warming.

4. Climate change is expected to be the central issue in next week’s annual meeting of the UN General Assembly.

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Global warming is the long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s climate system. It is a major aspect of current climate change, and has been demonstrated by direct temperature measurements and by measurements of various effects of the warming. The term commonly refers to the mainly human-caused increase in global surface temperatures and its projected continuation. In this context, the terms global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably, but climate change includes both global warming and its effects, such as changes in precipitation and impacts that differ by region. There were prehistoric periods of global warming, but observed changes since the mid-20th century have been much greater than those seen in previous records covering decades to thousands of years. More Info

Curated Coverage

1. Express – Greta Thunberg speech: Read the powerful climate change message to UN – Wake up

2. Hindustan Times – ‘We are united, unstoppable,’ says Greta Thunberg as youth leaders at UN demand bold climate change action

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