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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tens of thousands rally in Europe, Asia before UN climate summit

(Berlin) – Tens of thousands of protesters, primarily in Europe and Asia, hit the streets to make a fresh call for action against global warming, hoping to raise pressure on world leaders days before a UN climate summit.

Carrying signs that read “One planet, one fight” and “The sea is rising, so must we”, thousands flocked to Berlin´s Brandenburg Gate for the latest “Fridays for Future” protest inspired by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg.

In total, about 630,000 people demonstrated across more than 500 cities in Germany, the Fridays for Future movement said.

In Hamburg alone, some 30,000 mainly young people gathered and another 17,000 congregated in Munich to voice alarm at rising temperatures, police said.

Thunberg, meanwhile, was on a boat sailing across the Atlantic, but tweeted a photo of herself holding a sign that said “School strike for climate.”

Rallies took place across Europe, although on a smaller scale than during September´s wave of “climate strikes” when organisers said some four million people filled city streets around the world.

Approximately 1,700 turned out in Madrid, the host city of next week´s 12-day COP25 conference, which aims to encourage governments to increase their commitments to cut emissions and combat climate change.

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