Aramco oil refinery. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. A day of protest by millions of young people to demand action against Climate Change is heading towards a finish. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to demand action. Their inspiration, teenage activist greta thunberg, told crowds in new york we will make them hear us. Our first report this hour is from the bbcs nick bryant. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this
At the United Nations in new york, the teenage activist Greta Thunberg has made a scathing attack on World Leaders gathered for a special summit on Climate Change. Around 60 heads of state attended. Some very prominent figures stayed away. She accused them of betraying her generation through their inaction on global warming, and said young people would never forgive them if they failed to do more. This from our north america correspondent nick bryant. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city. Not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So today, at the riverside headquarters of the United Nations, an urgent Climate Action summit, this global body once more sounding the alarm. The world is losing the race against Climate Change. Applause in this air conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16 year old swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the un hoping to harness what is being called the greta effect h
Tour as a family. At the United Nations in new york, the teenage activist Greta Thunberg has made a scathing attack on World Leaders gathered for a special summit on Climate Change. Around 60 heads of state attended. Some very prominent figures stayed away. She accused them of betraying her generation through their inaction on global warming, and said young people would never forgive them if they failed to do more. This from our north america correspondent nick bryant. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city. Not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So today, at the riverside headquarters of the United Nations, an urgent Climate Action summit, this global body once more sounding the alarm. The world is losing the race against Climate Change. Applause in this air conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16 year old swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the un hoping to harness what is being called
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. A day of protest by millions of young people to demand action against Climate Change is heading towards a finish. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to demand action. Their inspiration, teenage activist greta thunberg, told crowds in new york we will make them hear us. Our first report this hour is from the bbcs nick bryant. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this conversation because
Change, have come to a close. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to call for change. Their inspiration is teenage activist Greta Thunberg who told crowds in new york, we will make them hear us. Nick bryant has the story. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this conversation because they will be impacted more than anyone else. What the youth can do is talk about the problem and make noise about it and demand it from the pe