Meet the teenagers skipping school to fight for a greener planet
Story highlights Adults have failed. Failed to slash emissions and failed to curb global warming -- that is the view of hundreds of thousands of students who will protest climate inaction this Friday, by taking part in the Global Climate Strike.
Inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg's weekly protests, the global youth climate movement has swept the globe, with students organizing strikes on every continent. Meet 16-year-old climate activist Greta ThunbergRead MoreNow, students are putting their collective voices together in a coordinated global school walkout, called Youth Strike 4 Climate. So far, strikes are planned in almost 1,700 towns and cities in over 100 different countries.
How deadly is air pollution? 01:07 Some positive steps have been taken, however. Kim is pleased that the city of Seoul is equipping one million households with solar panels and that last year, a floating solar farm --the size of three football pitches and the largest in the country -- was established. Kim believes that South Koreans are not doing enough to tackle climate change because they assume it is a problem for the future -- not for now.
Seychelles: 115 islands vs climate change 07:52 Sandooyea -- who is studying for a degree in marine environmental sciences -- credits her education for inspiring her activism. In Mauritius, young people feel more worried about climate change than older generations because they learn about it in school and understand the threat, she says. But despite the keen interest, there has never been a climate strike in Mauritius before and"nobody knew where to start.
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