a year ago every friday clinton protested in front of the swedish parliament and in so doing spark the fridays for future movement just a few months later the schoolgirl mobilized millions of people for the climate suddenly young people all over the world took to the streets like here in india. and mexico. or in australia. or in europe. after her arrival in new york at the end of august 2 and back made it clear at a meeting with un general assembly president mary espinosa the she hoped the upcoming climate gathering would lead to concrete action you want the summit links to be some kind of break. in. where people start to realize what is actually going on and. so we have high expectations. and my mistakes to. now turn back is counting on the support of her fellow
a glorious day in berlin thank you very much for that assessment. now on this day of action for the planet australia hosted some of the 1st rallies of the day with similar protests unfolding across the world lets see how the day developed. the largest global climate protest the world has ever seen that s what organizers have been calling today s wave of strikes for the planet. student demonstrators have been turning out and then millions some of the 1st rallies kicked off in australia. run the front lines i m itching you know it s already happening it s not waiting for it to happen you know a matter of. 30 well i say in school i m learning about the effects of climate change and i m learning that we need to do something i m seeing that the people in charge and the people who are running our country aren t doing anything. this is