Millions of people in 139 countries are expected to take part in today's Climate Strike. Inspired by GretaThunberg, students are leading events from Australia to Iceland that highlight the need to address what they describe as a climate emergency
For example, in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, people will dance on the beach in a pledge to protect their natural heritage.School kids are suing the US government over climate change.
In Thailand, protesters have already stormed the environment ministry in Bangkok and hosted a 'die-in'.Climate change protesters in Thailand host a die-in after storming Bankok's environment ministry Under the Paris climate agreement in 2015, countries vowed to keep temperature rises to"well below" 2C above pre-industrial levels and to keep them to 1.5C to avoid the most dangerous effects.
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