READ MORE:* Some schools will allow students to strike for climate change* School climate strike: What's planned in Auckland* Climate change strike: What goes into planning a school strike* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with student climate change protesters in Wellington* Students marching against climate change reject talk they're just waggingSUPPLIED Mia Sutherland says we, as a global community, are fighting the climate change fight together, whether we like it or not. A climate refugee is someone who has been forced out of their home due to extreme weather conditions, which have increased in frequency due to climate change. JASON DORDAY/STUFF The striking students say taking to the streets is their only chance to get their opinions on climate change heard. As of 2018, the Arctic is at an area of 4.60 million square kilometres from 7 million square kilometres in 1979. I could go on about equally catastrophic effects of climate change, but I believe I've made my point.

Source: Stuff March 13, 2019 15:56 UTC