by InTrieste
Fridays For Future protest was held in Trieste this Friday as hundreds came to participate in the demonstration and demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.
The ‘School strike for climate’, also known as Fridays For Future, is a global movement of school students who swap classes for demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.
It was begun in August 2018 by Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist who at the United Nations climate summit warned leaders: “If you choose to fail us we will never forgive you.”
Fridays for Future Italia claims that politicians have largely ignored the climate crisis during the election campaign, despite recent extreme weather events in Italy and Trieste including a prolonged drought followed by flash floods, fires in Carso this past summer and extremely high summer temperatures.
The demands of Fridays for Future protesters are: the abandonment of fossil energy sources and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to zero, climate justice for the peoples of the world, and trust in science.
“The chance of averting a catastrophic rise in temperatures depends on the next five years, and we risk wasting them with a parliament that does not see the climate issue as a priority” – said the organizers – “We cannot allow this to happen. Politicians must realize that ignoring this problem is not an option if they want to obtain the support of citizens.”
