Alarmed by images of the Greenland ice sheets melting and the Amazon rain forests burning, students and workers abandoned schools, shops and offices in nearly every corner of the globe, aiming to stop what they see as a looming environmental catastrophe.
"Right now we are the ones who are making a difference. If no one else will take action, then we will," Thunberg told tens of thousands of people gathered at a park with a view of the Statue of Liberty. Demonstrators in Paris raised a painting of Thunberg as the Virgin Mary, a halo around her head reading,"Our house is on fire."
Concern has escalated since U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the international Paris Accord on climate change and took a series of steps to dismantle environmental protections, including moving on Thursday to block stricter vehicle emissions standards in California. "The policy of the Bolsonaro government is the policy of environmental destruction and deepening the climate crisis ... this is why we're on strike," said Marcela Pimentel Miranda, an organizer for Youth for Climate's affiliate in Brasilia.
Heard she wants to end all air travel totally.
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