Children on strike

Manipulated?

I am concerned that they may be being brain washed into serial protesters by lifelong activists

These are the very people, our children, who climate change will affect. Not the oldies

[size=40]Do we really have 12 years to save the planet?[/size]

The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.
The authors of the landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday say urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to reach the target, which they say is affordable and feasible although it lies at the most ambitious end of the Paris agreement pledge to keep temperatures between 1.5C and 2C.
The half-degree difference could also prevent corals from being completely eradicated and ease pressure on the Arctic, according to the 1.5C study, which was launched after approval at a final plenary of all 195 countries in Incheon in South Korea that saw delegates hugging one another, with some in tears.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report

I think these young adults need applauding for their efforts in bringing climate change to the fore, not only here but across the world.  It's their future they are trying to protect.

Climate change, how do we know


https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

300,000 protesters in Australia alone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-49768747/climate-protest-student-i-m-here-to-step-up-and-say-no-more

Not really surprising that the map that was shown on tv last night, showing all the protests all over the world, had Two extremely large gaps...…..All Russia and All China. The two countries that have no intention of cutting back on anything, and which (Due to their size) Nullifies any good done elsewhere.

Have to agree Wwax.  Should we not include America though.

Lolly wrote:Have to agree Wwax.  Should we not include America though.

I don’t think Donald Trump has a particularly good track record when it comes to climate change.

Trump

I do agree with you both, although there were quite a few of the protests, in fact quite a lot according to the map, all over America, which is the main difference to Russia and China. None of them have a good record, but at least people are free to protest about it in America.