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People took to the streets yesterday, spurred into action by teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg. They turned out in serious numbers. Say what you want about climate change, there’s no denying the fact that people love and care about the planet.
We’ve compiled a small Twitter-list of places around the globe where citizens turned out. It’s by no means comprehensive.
The preliminary numbers say there are at least 3 million people in today’s #ClimateStrike And that is before counting North and South America!! To be updated… #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/9C8SE5kSxZ
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 20, 2019
ANTARCTICA
They were literally protesting in Antarctica today as well. This is huge ✊🏻 #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/IbTmeqQQ9U
— Louie Richards (@LouieRichardss) September 20, 2019
AFRICA
Nous voulons la justice climatique et nous la voulons maintenant! Le Bénin s'associe à la grève mondiale pour le climat. #ClimateStrike #grevepourleclimat #AfrikaVuka pic.twitter.com/MsPOLT3TA3
— 350 Africa (@350Africa) September 20, 2019
#Burundi represent! Proud of Tujenge Scholars taking a stand to #KeepMamaAfricaGreen#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike @TotaharaB @GretaThunberg pic.twitter.com/GvFlIE5xm6
— Tujenge Foundation (@TujengeAfrica) September 20, 2019
Today TAU joined hundreds of others to demand for #climateaction in Kampala, Uganda 🌱🌳 Thank you to all those who took part in Uganda, Africa and the rest of the world 🌍#globalclimatestrike #climatestrike #climateaction #youthforclimate #fridaysforfuture pic.twitter.com/I8eBEFMug0
— Tree Adoption Uganda (@tree_adoptionug) September 20, 2019
Going Green Is A Must for Africa's Economic Prosperity https://t.co/oCkyaY9dv0 #Africa #ClimateStrike #ClimateCrisis #ExtinctionRebellion pic.twitter.com/HvOEoNHxLK
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) September 20, 2019
https://t.co/5forg0Lkx9 | #ClimateStrike: ‘You’ll die of old age. I’ll die of climate change,’ SA protesters warn https://t.co/K4pV0tF6ju pic.twitter.com/5fGxeExU5O
— Africa Times of News (@AfricaTimesofN1) September 20, 2019
Happening now in the municipal city of Wakiso District. Thousands are participating in the @Fridays4FutureU #ClimateStrike today. @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future @SwedeninUG @amnesty @janine_ok #ClimateActionNow pic.twitter.com/VbGH1ceatE
— #KeepMamaAfricaGreen (@SadrachNirere) September 20, 2019
ASIA
incredible photo of young Afghan women leading today's climate strike in Kabul, flanked by armed guards (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP) pic.twitter.com/ppN62SsuUC
— Azeen Ghorayshi (@azeen) September 20, 2019
Keep Calm and show some love towards planet. Burn egos not coal, melt heart not glaciers, change habits not climate. #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture.
Hyderabad India @GretaThunberg @CitizensForHyd @greenpeaceindia pic.twitter.com/75hYmh1YV8— Ali (@7aliabbas1) September 20, 2019
Tacloban City, Philippines #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/F5102uI9JW
— Bullet Dumas 🇵🇭 (@bulletdumas) September 20, 2019
#Delhi crowd giving us some reality check. #ClimateStrike #GlobalClimateStrike #Fridays4Future #ClimateChangeisforReal pic.twitter.com/MmcFX7xzjH
— ICLEI South Asia (@ICLEISouthAsia) September 20, 2019
People across Asia demand #ClimateAction to save our planet!✊🌏#FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/9ITkhLYEJ3
— FoE Asia Pacific (@FoEAsiaPacific) September 20, 2019
Strikers from Jamalpur, Bangladesh; one of the 47 districts.
Supporting @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future pic.twitter.com/GVAqTD6woN— Fridays For Future – Bangladesh (@FFF_Bangladesh) September 20, 2019
You are never too small to make a difference #ClimateStrike #FridayForFuture #Nepal @350 @powershiftnp @350SouthAsia pic.twitter.com/fCUikWdS1u
— Power Shift Nepal (@powershiftnp) September 20, 2019
So many people came out in Islamabad! #IslamabadClimateMarch #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/kIE3qNBYgc
— Aksa Satti (@AksaSatti) September 20, 2019
Huge crowds at the Islamabad #ClimateMarch. There is suddenly a climate movement in Pakistan. #ClimateActionNow pic.twitter.com/jp9jHusiAL
— Ammar Rashid ☭ (@AmmarRashidT) September 20, 2019
Todays #ClimateStrike at the Maitighar Mandala pic.twitter.com/chYQB6A3fs
— FridaysForFutureNepal (@FridaysNepal) September 20, 2019
#ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #gretathunberg https://t.co/sN7Wwd5M8O
A strike for our climate.our college MURSHIDABAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY took a step to save our climate for future genaration. From #India🇮🇳 #Asia pic.twitter.com/8IW410h9co— Sagar Debnath (@SagarDe91210159) September 20, 2019
Students in Dhaka declared a climate emergency in Bangladesh and demanded climate justice from the countries responsible for climate change. #ClimateStrike https://t.co/jFalIiBML2
— 350 South Asia (@350SouthAsia) September 20, 2019
AUSTRALIA
The #ClimateStrike crowd numbers are phenomenal.
Melbourne 100,000+
Sydney 80,000+
Brisbane 30,000
Hobart 20,000
Canberra 15,000
Perth & Adelaide at least 10,000 each
Thousands more across regional Australia & Pacific https://t.co/rViiPMOgWR @strikeclimate #schoolstrike4climate pic.twitter.com/VAOKRHq7Zu— Guardian Australia (@GuardianAus) September 20, 2019
SOUTH AMERICA
#CEDIAInforma: 🔴#AHORA estamos en el Campo de Marte en la Marcha Mundial por el Cambio Climático en #Lima. 🇵🇪 Súmate tú también a la acción juvenil más grande de la historia por el planeta🌎#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #ClimateHope @GretaThunberg @FuturePeru pic.twitter.com/FU3u6qSRrh
— CEDIA (@CediaPeru) September 20, 2019
#ClimateStrike in Villa de Leyva, Colombia 🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/qn2rYtmnAY
— (ika makimaki) 🇨🇴🇳🇿🇯🇵 (@pezmico) September 20, 2019
No mundo todo está acontecendo #ClimateStrike, e aqui no Brasil estamos nas ruas em defesa da Amazônia e contra as medidas predatórias de Bolsonaro. pic.twitter.com/DsY21B22P3
— UNE (@uneoficial) September 20, 2019
#ClimateStrike Bolivia! https://t.co/s6hh0uf0OS
— Abolition Strategies (Bail, Jail, Prison, Cops) (@NinosIndex) September 20, 2019
NORTH AMERICA
NYCs massive #ClimateStrike march has begun, from Foley Sq down Centre St to Chambers St across to Broadway… and down to the Battery! Thank you @ClimateCrisis and everyone else marching! pic.twitter.com/WUpeRP0ZQS
— Gale A. Brewer (@galeabrewer) September 20, 2019
#ClimateStrike #HuelgaMundialPorElClima #FridaysForFuture #HuelgaClimaticaGlobal #huelgaporelclima pic.twitter.com/ZPcxXcotcE
— Francisco Gonzalez (@Franciscogortiz) September 20, 2019
Hoy marchamos junto a @GretaThunberg y a millones de personas alrededor del mundo para combatir la crisis climática y pedir que #ParemosNuestraExtinción. 🌎🆘#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/tHx44I0odp
— Verónica Delgadillo (@VeroDelgadilloG) September 20, 2019
The steady stream of demonstrators washing over the Eastbank Esplanade and toward OMSI has slowed to a trickle as the climate festival has kicked off in earnest. #ClimateStrike #ClimateStrikePDX pic.twitter.com/3TfhBz1UxG
— eder campuzano 🇲🇽🇺🇸🍎✏️🎒 (@edercampuzano) September 20, 2019
#ClimateStrike activists are showing up in droves in US cities like Philly, Boston and Austin. Keep up with the latest developments here. https://t.co/ulTkwVqXup
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) September 20, 2019
EUROPE
Listen to the science!#ClimateStrike in Oxford#FridaysForFuture #ExtinctionRebellion pic.twitter.com/4q7e2YFxUV
— Kartika Saraswati (@troptika) September 20, 2019
Über 70.000 Demonstranten in Hamburg, über 26.000 in Hannover, Tausende weitere an rund 100 anderen Orten im Norden – die #FridaysForFuture-Bewegung mobilisiert die Massen. Aktuelle Infos: https://t.co/nyC2ebAEDd #Klimastreik @fridayforfuture pic.twitter.com/kZ3AyBl2yk
— NDR.de (@ndr) September 20, 2019
Youth #climatestrike in Sheffield. pic.twitter.com/1EgAUwdQF7
— Harry Wright (@HCWr1ght) September 20, 2019
Crowds take part in major #ClimateStrike protests across Ireland | Read more: https://t.co/qjZruAmW13 pic.twitter.com/Ba19aXP66E
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 20, 2019
Glasgow #ClimateStrike #GretaThunberg #fridays4future #schoolstrike4climate
🌍🌏🌎✊💖✊💖✊ pic.twitter.com/6J3ImNOURZ— Samantha Penman (@penman_samantha) September 20, 2019
“Komm, wir machen auch irgendwas zum Klimastreik, das wird die jungen Linksterroristen sicher überzeugen”
🤦♂️#ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #Klimastreik #AlleFuersKlima https://t.co/6zbbvlToJA— Yannick Pieper (@richtiggut) September 20, 2019
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