New York - As world leaders begin arriving for a summit at the United Nations on accelerating action to address climate threats, adults are planning to join students in an unprecedented wave of youth-led climate protests on Friday, organizers said.
More than 1,000 strikes are planned across the United States and some 5,200 globally in about 156 countries, said Alexandria Villaseñor, co-founder of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike movement, and May Boeve, head of climate campaign group 350.org.
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