"Climate change didn’t take a break, it is here and it is destroying people’s lives like it has always done."
They may be under lockdown in each of their countries, but they are determined to keep on fighting. Here is the message of these young climate activists.
They may be under lockdown in each of their countries, but they are determined to keep on fighting. Here is the message of these young climate activists.
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00:00I decided to climate strike online because I knew that it was important to keep the momentum of the youth climate strikes going
00:06and make sure that everyone understands that the youth climate movement has knock on anywhere.
00:10We need to go to Twitter, we need to go to Instagram, we need to go to Facebook
00:15so that we let people know that climate change is not on a vacation, that climate change is here.
00:21It didn't take a break, it is not in quarantine, it is here and it is destroying people's lives like it has always done.
00:29I strike for climate digitally because even though we are facing another crisis right now,
00:34the climate crisis doesn't wait, so neither will we.
00:37I joined to climate strike online because everyone has to show that we care.
00:42We destroyed, we exploited our mother earth beyond repair
00:47and this lockdown period for humans is a healing period for our mother earth.
00:54I am striking in my country because I want change.
00:58I want a better future. I want a better future for the coming generations
01:03and justice for those whose lives have already been destroyed by the climate crisis.
01:09I'm demanding the Turkish parliament to implement the Paris climate agreement
01:14because in order to solve a crisis, we first have to recognize that it's a crisis.
01:20What I'm fighting for in my country is to stop the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure.
01:26No more fossil fuels.
01:28We have the feeling that we are not heard, but I think we really have to keep fighting,
01:35keep doing it with a big smile and hope for a change.
01:41My message to the young people around the world, especially the activists, is to keep demanding for action.
01:48We will get through the climate crisis if we stand together.
01:53We have come so far and we have started a wave of changes that is unstoppable.
02:00We're all in this together.
02:02Though it may seem like we're physically separated, we are mentally together.
02:06Our fight continues.
02:09Let's rethink what's possible and let's do it all together.
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