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Africa Joins Millions in Global Climate Strikes

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. Some 5,200 strikes are planned in about 156 countries, organisers say - with over 100 actions planned across the African continent.

Africa: Climate-Change Protesters Poised to Kick Off Global Wave of Street Marches

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 September 2019

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… Read more »

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Climate Strike Hits Johannesburg, South Africa

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allAfrica.com [allAfrica] (Washington, DC)

Publication Date:

20 September 2019

Climate strikers in Joburg arrive at the Gauteng legislature to demand that the South African goverment act urgently to deal with the climate crisis ... see more »

Africa: Climate Change - A Race We Must Win

allAfrica, 18 September 2019

The timing of the Climate Action Summit later this week, only three months before the annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (COP25), hints at the… Read more »

Photo: allAfrica

Climate strikers in Joburg arrive at the Gauteng legislature to demand that the South African goverment act urgently to deal with the climate crisis and prevent an environmental catastrophe. They moved in concert with millions of students and their supporters all over the world in the #FridaysforFuture school strikes.
Photo: Greenpeace Africa

Young people are at the forefront of the global climate strike.
Photo: allAfrica

Climate strikers in Joburg arrive at the Gauteng legislature to demand that the South African goverment act urgently to deal with the climate crisis and prevent an environmental catastrophe. They moved in concert with millions of students and their supporters all over the world in the #FridaysforFuture school strikes.

Africa: 5 Reasons to Join the Global Climate Strikes

AI London, 19 September 2019

Over 2,500 events in 117 countries have been planned for the Global Climate Strikes on 20 and 27 September. Greta Thunberg, Amnesty International's 2019 Ambassador of Conscience,… Read more »
Africa: Why We Support the Global Climate Strikes

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 September 2019

By Mayor of Paris & Chair of C40 Cities, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti and Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen Read more »
Africa: National Governments Urged to Get Behind Cities to Win Climate Fight

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 September 2019

With efforts to make buildings, transport, energy and waste management greener, cities could cut their planet-warming emissions nearly 90% by 2050, producing close to $24 trillion… Read more »
Africa: Human Rights Threats in Warming World Could Speed Up Climate Action

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 September 2019

From worsening hunger and migration to greater loss of lives and property to wild weather, climate change is driving violations of human rights - and focusing on that may be a key… Read more »
Africa: Disaster Victims to Double By 2050 in Climate-Battered World - Aid Group

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 September 2019

Punishing droughts and more severe storms, floods and wildfires driven by climate change could contribute to twice as many people requiring international humanitarian assistance by… Read more »