Afghanistan In
Kabul, youth marched against climate change under the protection of army troops. The public health ministry of Afghanistan reported that thousands of Afghan people die annually from air pollution.
Angola Over 50,000 children and youth gathered for the first time in the capital city of
Luanda in solidarity on the climate change movement.
Antarctica A small group of researchers stationed at Antarctica joined the strike.
Antigua and Barbuda Students from various schools in the islands country lined the streets near the Botanical Gardens in the capital city of
St. John's and chanting "we want
climate justice now", "sea levels are rising and so are we" and "keep our carbon in the soil no more oil".
Argentina Argentina scheduled 18 marches for 20 September as part of the global climate strike. Young Argentinians who demanded urgent measures were concentrated in the central
Plaza de Mayo in the capital city of
Buenos Aires. In addition to the international slogans, Argentina had the motto "We do not want to be the garbage dump of the world", in reference to the controversial decree president made by president
Mauricio Macri that made the criteria for importing waste from other countries more flexible. On 27 September, a further 30 strikes took place. Over 2,500 businesses allowed employees to take part in the strikes, or closed entirely for the day. whilst organisers reported figures of 22,000 in Hobart, 15,000 in Canberra, 10,000 in Perth, 10,000 in Newcastle and 8,000 in Adelaide. Australian protests called for the government to reach "100 percent renewable energy generation and exports" by 2030, to refrain from starting new fossil fuel projects and to fund "a
just transition and job creation for all fossil fuel industry workers and communities". The Adani mine has been a major source of contention in Australian politics since its initial approval in 2014. At Bondi Beach, activists removed cigarette butts and bits of plastics from the sand. File:Sydney Strike (48763398226).jpg|Protesters in
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Alice Springs Austria Around 150,000 students marched in the streets of Austria on 27 September, as part of the climate strike with the demonstrations have been declared as school events in the capital city of
Vienna as well in states of
Burgenland and
Vorarlberg.
Bangladesh Protests in
Dhaka were joined by thousands of school children from different schools, urging world leaders to take action and forming a
human chain.
Belarus A single-person strike took place in Minsk. One member of Belarus Young Greens, Veronica Yanovich went on a strike on her own, holding a banner. This strike drew media attention in Belarus.
Belgium According to the police, 15,000 people were on the streets in
Brussels participating in the global protest. Some media outlets reported that some schools made the protest into an extracurricular activity to help motivate students and not punish them for attending.
Bolivia Students from
La Paz and
Cochabamba jointly took part in the climate strike that aimed to demand urgent action from leaders to stop the negative impacts on the environment, with the youth marching through the
Paseo del Prado of La Paz and forming a human carpet. The protest included speeches about the fire in
Chiquitania where the youth demanded the repeal of the law authorizing deforestation in the country's east, and requested the declaration of a national climate emergency. Students and teachers from the
University of San Simón in Cochabamba marched to demand an indefinite stop on environmental destruction in the Chiquitania area.
Bosnia and Herzegovina A protest was held in Bosnia's capital of
Sarajevo in front of the
Eternal Fire memorial with other protests also held in other Bosnian cities.
Brazil In Brazil, 48 protests were planned.
Bulgaria Three events on the climate strikes were organised by Fridays for Future with a procession held in Bulgaria's capital of
Sofia from the
National Palace of Culture. A second procession was held in
Varna at the entrance of the
Sea Garden while in
Samokov, the public gathered at
Zahari Zograf Square.
Burundi In
Bujumbura, 35 activists cleared rubbish on the shores of
Lake Tanganyika.
Canada in Toronto on 27 September 2019 Strikes began on 20 September, with "die-in" demonstrations staged in Vancouver and many other cities across the country. A "die-in" is a protest in which people lie on the floor, closing their eyes or staring blankly above them, as if they were dead. Further climate action demonstrations were scheduled across 80 locations on 27 September, when Greta Thunberg arrived in
Montreal, Quebec. The city's largest school board,
Commission scolaire de Montréal, cancelled classes for their 114,000 pupils to allow them to attend. The
Toronto District School Board advised teachers to avoid scheduling tests or assignments on that day. However, students under 18 years of age were required to obtain parental permission. Further strikes were planned at
Dawson College in Montreal, and at the
University of British Columbia. On 27 September, at least 85 Canadian cities and towns participated in climate strike actions. Over 100,000 people turned up to a demonstration in
Vancouver and another 20,000 in Victoria. The school districts of Vancouver and Surrey permitted students to join the march, provided they had parental approval. 600 students from the
University of Calgary skipped morning classes in order to join a rally near city hall. Crowd sizes in Ottawa exceeded those on Canada Day celebrations. Some people chanted their slogans in both official languages of
English and
French. In Edmonton, Alberta, thousands protested near the provincial legislature, but stopped short of criticizing the fossil fuel industry. Some even expressed their love for it. In a remark made while welcoming Thunberg to city hall, she repeated her plan to reduce carbon emissions by 55% by 2030 and finally carbon neutral by 2050. Montreal's transit authority (
STM) shared a map on social media showing which areas to avoid due to construction work, which Metro stations to get on and off, and where bus services were disrupted by the climate march. Organisers claimed that half a million people joined the march in Montreal. While city officials initially estimated that number to be around 315,000,
Political response National political party leaders
Yves-François Blanchet of
Bloc Québécois,
Elizabeth May of the
Green Party, and
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the
Liberal Party marched in Montreal while
Jagmeet Singh of the
New Democratic Party joined a protest in Victoria, British Columbia. The marches helped to spark discussion on climate policy in the
2019 federal election. In June 2019, Trudeau's Liberal government declared a national climate emergency before approving the Trans Mountain pipeline extension project. Leaders
Andrew Scheer of the
Conservative Party and
Maxime Bernier of the
People's Party did not attend any events. Canada's aim was to reduce carbon emissions by 30% compared to 2005 levels by 2030. In total, 19 protests were held across the country. Protesters involved with the Future Santiago group said, "Our main demand is to declare the climatic and ecological emergency, and that this means the closure of
coal thermoelectric plants by 2030 and those that are obsolete from here at the end of the year". Some Chinese youths picked up trash in Beijing on 21 September.
Cuba Even though there were plans for a strike in Cuba, the strike was not officially authorised by the government and didn't take place. Instead, many individual protests were reported all over Cuba. A bike ride was organised, starting in
Parque de los Mártires, to promote bicycling as an eco-friendly way of transport.
Cyprus Youth for Climate organised a march from the
House of Representatives to the Ministry of Energy in
Nicosia, with protesters criticising the country's extraction of
natural gas.
Czech Republic Thousands of youths reportedly gathered in
Prague. About 2,000 secondary and university students along with adults with children met on the
Old Town Square in Prague centre, and initiated by students from the Czech branch of the Fridays for Future environmental movement, inspired by Greta Thunberg. Prior to the march going forward, many students and others gave speeches in the town square. Students launched the Week for Climate protest event that is prepared to offer a series of educational and cultural programs and lectures that is planned to run through 27 September. There was a calm and peaceful counter-protest by a dozen members and followers of the
Free Citizens Party. Thousand of school children from the city walked to commit themselves resolutely in the fight against global warming. In line with the climate action, the
United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) together with the Association of Journalists for Peace of Congo (AJCP), as well as some civil society organisations including the international cultural platform Ciel-Bleu, organised a walk in the street of
Kinshasa known as a march for peace. The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC François Grignon further explained that "There is no peace without development and there is no sustainable development without environmental protection and no protection of the environment without stability", adding that it is because of this that the international day of peace is placed jointly with the climate action rally.
Denmark The
City Hall Square of
Copenhagen was jointly filled by young and old people as part of the global strike. Speeches, music, and dances on the topic of the climate were performed.
Ecuador The
Plaza de la Independencia in Ecuador's capital city of
Quito was filled with hundreds of environmental activists as part of the strike.
El Salvador Dozens of students, activists and authorities of the state
University of El Salvador (UES) held a rally in the capital city of
San Salvador to declare a "climate emergency" due to the effects of global warming. The students, who toured several of the main streets of the Salvadoran capital with banners and dressed in shirts with environmental messages also asked for "climate justice".
Estonia A youth march was held in
Tallinn the capital city where the participants carried plastics as a sign of protest against plastic trash.
Fiji People searched
palm-fringed beaches for rubbish, heaved discarded car components from near the capital,
Suva.
France Climate demonstrators demand that their government and businesses reduce their environmental footprint and save the Amazon rain forest. These protests occurred during the annual French heritage weekend and at the same time as some other protests. Authorities in Paris deployed thousands of police officers to protect public properties and landmarks. A group of 9,400 demonstrators joined a rally in Paris, however, members of the
Black Bloc anarchists infiltrated the protestors from a separate
gilets jaunes (or yellow vests) demonstration. These individuals began to destroy shops and business windows, while torching
mopeds and trash cans. Of the supposedly 1,000 anarchists, that joined the march, some 120 were arrested. 300 to 400 high school students demonstrated Friday morning in the streets of
Clermont-Ferrand, according to the regional services broadcasting
France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and nearly a thousand according to the daily newspaper
La Montagne. Ahead of the U.N. climate conference, French construction materials company
Saint-Gobain and cosmetics producer
L'Oreal said they were committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Germany 575 demonstrations took place in hundreds of cities across Germany. Long-distance bus operator
Flixbus offered to refund protesters who sent a selfie and a PDF of their ticket as evidence. This company plans to phase in electric bus and to become carbon-neutral by 2030. including 270,000 protesters in
Berlin, with independent figures reported of 100,000 in
Hamburg, 70,000 in
Cologne, 40,000 in
Munich,
Bremen and
Hannover, and
Münster, 15,000 in
Bonn and
Dresden, and 8,000 in
Aachen. Protesters believed that the
German government's plan to phase out coal power plants by 2038 is too late and demanded an earlier exit. Chancellor Angela Merkel stated tackling climate change is a top priority for her government. Merkel later admitted that her country could have problems making this ambitious plan a reality. Germany presently has one of the highest electricity prices in Europe. Moreover, her government needs to meet U.N. climate goals on one hand and not alienate voters in the manufacturing industry on the other. The attendance in Athens was approximately 3,000 protesters. The protests have been supported by the municipal authority of Athens and other organisations, as well as the government of Greece. Protests are organised from both local Fridays for Future groups, a national high school student organization called (Movement of students) and citizen's initiatives.
Hong Kong A planned student march was abandoned due to safety concerns amidst the
2019–20 Hong Kong protests, although a small rally was held separately in the city's central business district. The rally was organised by Waste Free Hong Kong, 350HK and Extinction Rebellion HK, the groups also wrote the hashtag
#morethan1% on their arm and posted it on their social media channels. The hashtag is in relation to a report that less than 1% of Hong Kong's energy is produced by renewable sources.
Hungary The Fridays For Future Hungary and Extinction Rebellion Hungary organised a joint demonstration on
Széll Kálmán Square in the Hungary's capital city of
Budapest as part of the opening of Climate Week. Dozens of protesters have pretended to be dead to draw the attention of political leaders and decision-makers to the
consequences of climate change and the need for substantive action.
Iceland A protest was held in Iceland's capital city of
Reykjavík, featuring a musical event on climate awareness. Participants first gathered at
Hallgrímskirkja before walking towards the city public square of
Austurvöllur.
India In India, more than 14,000 people signed up for 26 events across the country as part of the global strikes. In
Delhi, more than 2,000 students and school children demanded the Prime Minister to declare an immediate climate emergency in India.
Indonesia A protest was held in Indonesia's capital city of
Jakarta with participants from university and school students, members of about 50 civil groups together with children from different communities in Jakarta's suburban areas to voice their increasing concerns on the alarming changes happening to the global climate, demanding the government to take clear measures to mitigate environmental impacts. The protestors criticised the failure of the government to stop the rampant forest fires in
Sumatra and
Kalimantan which caused
massive haze pollution not just in Indonesia but also to their neighbour of Malaysia and Singapore which exaggerated by the expansion of plantations and illegal land conversions in the country. In the
Central Kalimantan province city of
Palangka Raya, youths carrying placards marched through heavy smog caused by
forest fires. Student volunteers also collect rubbish near a coastal areas of
Banda Aceh and
Surabaya as part of the global strike. In
Bandung, the climate strike jointly attended by students including kindergarten children, parents and the school staffs where activities on health and environment are being taught throughout the event.
Ireland Over 20,000 protested in Ireland, including 10,000 to 15,000 in
Dublin. Protests started from around midday in Dublin,
Cork,
Galway,
Limerick,
Waterford,
Drogheda,
Navan,
Dundalk,
Belfast and many other towns before marching to rallies in central locations.
Isle of Man About 100 Manx school children protested for about an hour outside
Tynwald in
Douglas, the capital of Mann. An Extinction Rebellion flag was raised at the
Peel Cathedral as a sign of support.
Israel Hundreds of people, the majority of whom were students, protested in
Tel-Aviv,
Jerusalem and three more places. They were joined by a group of artists from the "
Extinction Rebellion" movement that dressed in red to highlight the indifference to the extinction of endangered animals.
Kahol Lavan lawmaker
Miki Haimovich expressed solidarity with the protestors and the cause.
Italy On 27 September, more than one million people protested throughout 180 cities, mostly students. In
Rome, more than 200,000 youth joined the protest. While almost 150,000 students gathered at the street of
Milan for the third time after similar climate protests in the months of March and May. The student climate strike first meet in Largo Cairoli, a short walk from
Sforza Castle before departing through the city. More than 50,000 people joined the protest both in
Turin and
Naples, while 20,000 students took part in
Bologna's march. Protests were praised by Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte, who tweeted: "The images of the squares of the Fridays for Future are extraordinary, with so many young people participating with such passion. From the government there is the utmost commitment to translate this request for change into concrete solutions. We all have a great responsibility."
Ivory Coast In the Ivory Coast, protests took place against a proposed coal power plant in
San Pédro.
Jamaica The climate strike are being held differently in a Jamaican way with the main call are to protect the nature reserve of
Cockpit Country.
Japan Over a dozen rallies were held in Japan, including one in the
Shibuya district in Tokyo,
Kiribati A protest took place in
Kiribati, where students held placards chanting "We are not sinking, we are fighting". The country is at great threat from
rising sea levels.
Latvia A gathering which were attended by mostly young people from rural schools were being held in the
Vērmane Garden of
Riga before they went on a walk to
Vecrīga (Old Town). One of the participants explained that "The world is starting to change and going the wrong way, we need to start doing something to change it" with another urge the people in the highest authority to take the
climate crisis seriously and that "When making decisions, politicians must first consider the impact on nature, subordinating everything else to environmental issues".
Lebanon A number of school and university students demonstrated in
Beirut to demand the government to take action as soon as possible to
combat climate change and avoid an "environmental disaster".
Lithuania Organised by Fridays for Future, climate rally was held in the Lithuania's capital city of
Vilnius. Participants moved to the city Vincas Kudirka Square as well in
Kaunas Town Hall in
Kaunas carrying placards with words such as "Planet over profit $", "The world in your hands", "There's no planet B" and the "Global warming will touch you".
Luxembourg More than 1,000 students gathered at the main square of the
main railway station as part of the global climate strike and under the guidance of the police made their way on the road towards Glacis.
Malaysia Protests were jointly held with an event on awareness on rapid climate change that included dialogue sessions, speeches and mini workshops in Malaysia's capital city of
Kuala Lumpur as part of the global climate strike. More than 500 people took part in a march amid the
2019 Southeast Asian haze, jointly organised by
Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY),
Amnesty International (AI) and
Greenpeace from
Sogo shopping mall to
Sultan Abdul Samad Building in
Merdeka Square to calling for action against climate change and to hold the responsible people in the highest authority accountable for the destruction of the Earth's environment. In reference to Malaysia's recent
democratic transition, the first in it its independent history, a protester openly stated that "It does not matter whether it is the old or new government, you have the right to overthrow whichever government who isn't concerned about the climate" while other protesters expressed through their placards with statement such as "Clean air for all", "We can't breathe money", "No other system except
ecosystem" and "Worst housewarming party ever!!!".
Malta A protest of 300 people took place in
Valletta, organised by members of
Extinction Rebellion Malta. Protesters staged a die-in and asked the
Maltese Parliament to declare climate emergency. The protest was endorsed by several NGOs and follows a series of others demanding climate justice.
Mexico Across Mexico, 65 strikes were planned.
Morocco A youth march took place in
Marrakesh with further youth rallies of the World Climate Week held on 27 September in several locations across Morocco's including in
Casablanca,
Demnate,
Fez and in Morocco's capital of
Rabat, organised jointly by the Association of Teachers of Life Sciences and Earth (ATLSE) in Morocco with Greenpeace.
Myanmar Environmental activists from Myanmar have joined the movement since the global climate strike movement began on 24 May as Myanmar is particularly prone to the negative consequences of climate change and natural disasters, from the extremes of flooding to drought, which further exacerbated by human's activities. In line with the global climate strike, more than 200 protestors gathered in front of
Bogyoke Market and marched to
Sule Pagoda and
Maha Bandula Park in downtown
Yangon while carrying placards to calling for a concerted effort by government and business to deal with the global crisis, urging the government to put a definite end to big infrastructure projects, such as the
Myitsone Dam in
Kachin State which could damage the environment.
Nepal Nepal hosts 118 ecosystems, 75 categories of vegetation, and 35 types of forests. Recent disasters including a storm that killed over 25 people in April, flash floods that killed hundreds, and unusual weather patterns, have reportedly alarmed the Nepalese. Different national and international organisations support Nepal to initiate program for global climate change. Some people marched with placards about the care of the environment.
Netherlands on 20 September On 20 September, climate strikes took place in multiple locations in the Netherlands, including
Amsterdam and
Maastricht. At the march starting in Amsterdam's
Dam Square, it was reported by police that about 6,000 individuals were present, with many having either received permission from the schools to attend, write a motivational/argumentative letter for why they were attending, or show photographic proof they were there. On 27 September, a national climate strike was organised in
The Hague. Attendance estimates range from 15,000 to over 30,000.
New Zealand on 27 September In New Zealand, the strikes have occurred for multiple weeks prior to the nationwide school and intergenerational strikes on 27 September. The New Zealand protests were delayed by a week to allow students to sit exams the previous Friday. At least three female students shaved their heads to raise money for the Amazon, alongside the 20 September strike, which was organised as
Marist College had exams planned on 27 September. In addition, New Zealand's universities and 260 local businesses participated in the climate strike. An open letter signed by 11,000 New Zealanders was delivered to Parliament on 27 September, urging the government to declare a national climate emergency.
North Macedonia Citizens of the North Macedonia held a climate protest in the capital city of
Skopje.
Pakistan Thousands of Pakistanis including students, environmentalists, celebrities and politicians joined the protests which took place across 32 towns and cities in Pakistan. Major rallies were held in
Karachi,
Lahore,
Islamabad,
Peshawar,
Quetta and
Gilgit. In
Karachi, protesters gathered in front of the
Frere Hall and addressed by activists including
Sheema Kermani. In
Lahore, a protest was held in front of
Lahore Press Club, led by climate activist Meherbano Raja. "It will be youth led because they are the most affected generation and so they will be leading from the front", said Ms. Raja.
Panama A demonstration was held on the grounds of the Legislative Park on 5 May, starring young people and representatives of various Panamanian environmental groups, who gathered this global call to raise their voice and raise awareness in the authorities and in the population on the damages caused to the environment. Grecia Medina, director of development of the National Association for the Conservation of Nature (ANCON), said that it seeks to take actions for the climate through this concentration.
Papua New Guinea The students of Lae Christian Academy secondary schools held a strike and participate in an event held by a non-profit organisation, Pacific Rawa at their school with one of the students calling the central government as well the authorities of
Morobe Province and the city of
Lae to stop a coal-fire power project that will be built in the area.
Peru Thousands of students, schoolchildren and young people march in the country, with the majority in Peru's capital city of
Lima and
Madre de Dios through the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI) movement as part of the global strike with the aim of demanding public policies against climate change and raising public awareness on the global problem. One of the youngster said "We want life and a world where our young people can live in harmony with each other and with the planet" with other messages such as "Be part of the solution", "We are nature defending itself" and "Time is running out".
Philippines More than 600 young environmentalists took part in a rally in the capital city of
Manila, forming a human-Earth formation while carrying placards for climate justice where they denounced the rising number of extrajudicial killings of environmental and land rights activists under the government of President
Rodrigo Duterte who came to power in 2016. Filipino activists also marched in honor of those who were killed for defending the environment.
The Guardian reported in 2018 that the Philippines is the deadliest country for those defending the environment and land. Some 10,000 people also swept across a long stretch of beach on heavily polluted
Manila Bay, clutching sacks they filled with rubbish as part of the global strike. For years the country has been careful about climate targets. Coal mining is responsible for tens of thousands of jobs in the south of the country. Poland presently plans to phase out coal power plants by 2050. Many middle schools gave students the day off to participate. Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Estonia blocked an attempt by French President Emmanuel Macron to commit the European Union to carbon neutrality by 2050.
Romania Protests on the climate awareness took place in
Bucharest,
Timișoara,
Iași,
Cluj-Napoca,
Târgu Jiu and
Craiova.
Russia Despite the independent nature and disconnect to the climate strike movement, protests on the similar topics took place in more than 30 cities across the country, beginning with a small scale rally in Russia's capital city of
Moscow, continuing with
Saint Petersburg and other cities and towns, most notably in the north-west. 13 protests took place in
Arkhangelsk Oblast where local residents have been protesting for more than a year against the construction of a large landfill in the vicinity of the Shies railway station.
San Marino Students and young people took to the streets in the San Marino on 27 September. The march started in Piazza Grande in
Borgo Maggiore and ended in
Piazza della Libertà. A delegation of Fridays for Future San Marino met with the
Captains Regent.
Senegal An estimated 200 students protested in
Dakar.
Singapore A total of more than 1,700 participants decked in red colour, mostly youth, gathered at
Hong Lim Park through the
hazy season with placards such as "Don't burn my future" and "
O-Levels are soon, so is this irreversible climate crisis" to express their concerns and raise more awareness on the rapid climate change to urge for a systematic change from the government as well as corporations on the basis that individual efforts were not sufficient as part of the global climate strike. It is known as the first climate protest held in Singapore. Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong previously stated that the government would commit $100 billion in long-term investments to tackle climate change in general and rising sea levels in particular.
Slovenia Climate strikes were held across the country from
Maribor, to the coastal cities.
Solomon Islands In the
Solomon Islands, protesters symbolically took to the seas rather than the streets, as the low-lying nation is at great risk from rising sea levels.
South Africa Across South Africa, 18 protests took place, including protests organised by the African Climate Alliance. A total of 5,000 people were estimated to have taken part, according to organisers. Protests took place at the headquarters of energy company
Sasol, with protesters calling on Sasol to provide "a just transition plan that meets the needs of workers, affected communities, the country, the continent and the world".
South Korea Protest are being held in South Korea's capital city of
Seoul with people consisting of 330 groups from all walks of life held a "9•21 Climate Crisis Emergency Action" rally in
Seoul National University Road, criticising the government that is silent on the climate crisis, and companies that emit multiple greenhouse gases. In a quiet protest at the capital, activists flashed environmentalist messages in Morse code using LED. Numerous strikes took place on 27 September, with protests in cities like Madrid, Barcelona,
Vigo,
Zaragoza,
Valladolid,
Santander,
Toledo,
Salamanca or
Ávila.
Sweden On 20 September, a climate march from
Mynttorget to
Kungsträdgården occurred in
Stockholm, Sweden. Greta Thunberg's speech in New York City was broadcast to Sweden over a widescreen. On 27 September the climate strike week was completed with tens of thousands of people, including performances in Kungsträdgården by
Hoffmaestro & Chraa and
Robyn.
Switzerland Around 2,000 people took part in climate demonstrations in the cities of
Basel,
St. Gallen and
Lausanne on 20 September. One speaker told the crowd during the rally that "We must convince everyone now that we have to act in favour of the climate. The crisis concerns us all, whether we are from the right or the left". The crowds also criticised the lack of action by Swiss politicians, banks and big business on the rapid climate change. In
Zürich, an estimated 5,000 people went on strike. In Lausanne, roughly 3,500 people took part in demonstrations, including the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry,
Jacques Dubochet. Activists claimed over 100,000 attended the national protest held in Bern in the afternoon of 28 September, while local police did not provide an estimate of attendees. Thousands arrived by train or bicycles. Ahead of the U.N. 2019 climate conference, Swiss food company
Nestlé said it wanted to become carbon neutral by 2050.
Tanzania A march took place in
Dar es Salaam, headed by a marching band.
Thailand Students and environmentalists from Thailand have gone on climate strike since March 2019. On 20 September, more than 200 people stormed Thailand's
environment ministry building in the capital city of
Bangkok and played dead while chanting "save our Earth". The protestors submitted a petition asking the government to phase out coal and transition to renewable energy where it was received by a government official who subsequently lauded the concern of young people for the environment.
Trinidad and Tobago A total of 30 coastal clean-ups was held in conjunction of the International Coastal Clean-up with a gathering in
Queen's Park Savannah and subsequent rally being held in
Port of Spain.
Tunisia A number of school and university students demonstrated in
Tunisia to demand the authorities to take action to combat climate change and avoid an "environmental disaster".
Uganda In Uganda's capital
Kampala, protests against climate change were joined by hundreds of Ugandan children. It was also joined by the country's most high-profile youth activist, Leah Namurgewa, who is 15.
Ukraine A march took place in
Kyiv in which a thousand people participated, mostly youth. An estimated 2,600 people protested across the country, according to organisers. Organisers said that roughly 300,000 people participated in strikes across the country, with 100,000 attendees of a London rally, where politician
Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech in which he told the young people in attendance: "you and a whole generation have brought the issue centre stage and I am absolutely delighted about that". Protests in Edinburgh and Brighton reached 20,000 and 10,000 participants, respectively. Following the strike, there was a global week of action, although outwith
Scotland there was not much action in the UK. Notably,
Scottish Youth Climate Strike pulled off an entire week of actions and events including bringing together communities across the country in a single people's declaration to all parties in the
Scottish Parliament. File:College Green Youth Strike (48771427757).jpg|Protest in
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London United States The event is one of the largest climate mobilizations in US history. Over 1,000 strike events were planned in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Upon launch, the Coalition posted a series of five demands directed at world leaders and elected officials: • "A Green New Deal: Building on "the" Green New Deal resolution in Congress, this calls for transforming the economy to
100% renewable energy by 2030, while creating jobs and ending leases and permits for fossil fuel projects. • Respect for indigenous land and sovereignty: Honoring treaties protecting indigenous land by ending resource extraction in and affecting those areas. • Environmental justice: Investing in the communities affected most by poverty and pollution. • Protecting biodiversity: Protecting and restoring 50% of the world's lands and oceans and stopping all deforestation by 2030. • Sustainable agriculture: Investing in
regenerative agriculture and ending subsidies for industrial agriculture." The
New York City Department of Education, with more than one million students, gave permission for youth to skip school for the day to participate in the strike;
Boston Public Schools followed suit, while
Chicago Public Schools announced they would not mark students absent if they returned after the strike. Several school districts in the D.C. metropolitan area also excused students to strike with parental permission. In a protest in
the Battery,
Manhattan, on 20 September, Swedish climate activist
Greta Thunberg spoke, having
sailed to the US across the Atlantic in August 2019. Numerous businesses including
Ben & Jerry's,
Patagonia, and
Lush Cosmetics announced they would be closed on 20 September to support the strike. Over 1,700
Amazon employees signed an internal petition pledging to walk out over Amazon's lack of action on climate change. A day before the strike, Amazon CEO,
Jeff Bezos, unveiled an extensive new plan to tackle climate change and committed to meet the goals of the UN's
Paris Agreement ten years ahead of schedule. Members of Young Evangelicals for Climate Change participated at about a dozen colleges and universities, with a message of
creation care and a
faith-based approach to "speaking up for people's right to clean air and water and a stable climate." File:Climate Strike at State Capital (48767651042).jpg|Protest in
Denver, Colorado File:Climate change protesters Burlington, VT 20 September 2019.jpg|Protest in
Burlington, Vermont File:Homer Climate Strike.jpg|Protest in
Homer, Alaska File:September 2019 Pittsburgh Climate Strike 03.jpg|Protest in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania File:San Francisco Global Climate Strike 01.jpg|Protest in
San Francisco, California File:Climate Strike 0146 (48770632118).jpg|Protest in
Washington, D.C. Uruguay Protests were held in Uruguay's capital city of
Montevideo,
Tacuarembó,
Maldonado,
Treinta y Tres,
Trinidad and
Rivera. Through its social networks movement, #ViernesPorElFuturoUy (#FridaysforFutureUy) ordered the public to act and spread the message on the awareness. In the message "We march and demand that Uruguay declare the state of climatic and ecological emergency. The earth is dying, and with it our future. In 11 years there will be no more time to think how to save it and make it habitable again, because we will enter a point of no return. Today we can still do something, so there is to go outside and demand that our authorities took action on the rapid climate change".
Vanuatu During the strike on 20 September, the deputy minister of Vanuatu, a low-laying island state in the South Pacific, explicitly mentioned the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and New Zealand as the countries who are "to blame for this threat to our survival". Meanwhile, hundreds of citizens, many of them being children dressed in traditional clothes, took to the streets of Vanuatu's capital city
Port Vila with banners and signs.
Vietnam In line with the global protest, around 1,400 volunteers in the capital,
Hanoi, collected trash from across city despite the hot weather. Environmental activists also organised a climate protest in
Ho Chi Minh City. ==See also==