students are having to make up those hours so but when the people i ve spoken to it seems that the support is growing. back to you in berlin kate so it s obvious that young people around the world are developing a strong awareness of climate issues it s not just young people of course but they are really going up into the into the streets all this how much does this friday s for future movement have how much traction do you think it has moving forward. but i think if you look at how the figures have been the number of students who have been turning out in the streets now only here in berlin but across germany over the past few weeks and they just continue to grow we saw around ten thousand students hit the streets in the berlin today similar numbers also in frankfurt in southwestern germany and as those numbers continue to increase are sending a very clear message to politicians and that until we see so many media action we
a future that went global and today is the biggest day yet for first in stockholm and for young activists who have taken her live is one of at least one thousand cities where students were expected to skip their classes today to push for action from their local and federal governments. brady is on the streets of berlin and she joins us from a place where students have gathered for the global climate change march in the german capital good morning kate what s the mood there among students calling for action against climate change. very definitely a sense of frustration hey i m on the students who are striking from school today by the woods the older generation the north is going to politicize it with hurriedly empowering seventy but there s a sense of excitement that like teddy now on the streets every week they may well be able to create some change when he comes to climate change but i m actually
violence one man in his late twenty s is charged with murder and two others are under investigation after what authorities are calling a well planned terrorist attack. marching for their future. as thousands of schoolchildren around the globe skip school to call for action on climate protection will be in downtown berlin to hear what the german kids want the government to do about global warming. well i m terry martin good to have you with us we begin in new zealand where police say forty nine people have been killed and dozens wounded twenty of them seriously in twin attacks in the city of christ church it s tax happen at two mosques in the city the. first at the el noor mosque where the majority of victims lost their
are these this friday s for future climate action march and gatherings that we re seeing sounds rather festive and quote courting to the music at least is a sign of an emerging green use movement in germany. well it s certainly interesting to see so many so much of germans even taking to the streets and beams a politically active but it s also interesting to see that today that every week oh you will see more and more parents grandparents see them coming out looking these children as well in their endeavors you see some action taken a game like this really at the moment this is actually a cross generational movement which is actually being led at least by the you they thank you so much reality w s kate brady there in berlin. you know you could you know did you know. well it seems german students aren t the only ones on happy with the government here it s one year since i was conservatives went into coalition
on climate change sparked in part by swedish sixteen year old greats are too unbearable i support that and like she is the only one who took initiative in sudan and because all five of you got to know about this just hand me out of supporting her benefits only the children we re joined by some with a few more years of breathing delis infamous smaug sometimes described as deadly older protesters have all but given up on their own generation and are looking to the next for a solution. now to make on forward it s not them it s their future we have ruined it for them and i have no hope from our generation also i mean even if we get the government even if it isn t. in hong kong the young generation borrowed chance from the old making their point clear act on climate change now deny the deniers they said. in berlin young people were practically bouncing off walls and trees students mostly and parent teacher or adult activist thrilled to be