What Students Striking About Climate Change Want

Global Climate Strike: Students around the world protest climate inaction; Here's why these young climate activists are striking

Harmeet Kaur and Madison Park, March 15, 2019 (CNN)

“Young climate activists are hoping to spark a widespread dialogue about climate change…And they're concerned about the inaction on this front…If human-generated greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, the planet will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels as soon as 2030…[According to a 2018 report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming] at that temperature would put the planet at a greater risk of events like extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people…

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The common demand among students, although they vary country-to-country, is for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions…[According to the Youth Climate Strike website, U.S. students want] a national embrace of the Green New Deal…an end to fossil fuel infrastructure projects…[and] a national emergency declaration on climate change…

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…[They are also calling for a] mandatory education on climate change and its effects from K-8…a clean water supply…preservation of public lands and wildlife…[and for] all government decisions to be tied to scientific research…” click here for more

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