AFP, SYDNEYProtesters in Australia, Japan and India yesterday launched a fresh round of global demonstrations against climate change, heeding the call to action from 16-year-old climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg. “Our government’s inaction on the climate crisis has supercharged bushfires,” school strike leader Shiann Broderick said. Protests also took place in Tokyo, where hundreds marched through the teeming Shinjuku District to raise awareness of the issue. “I feel a sense of crisis because almost no one in Japan is interested” in climate change, 19-year-old student Mio Ishida said. Last month, millions of people took to the streets in nearly every major global city for a series of “climate strikes.”The latest demonstrations come as representatives of 200 nations prepare to gather next week in Madrid for a 12-day UN Climate Change Summit.

Source: Taipei Times November 29, 2019 15:56 UTC