Milan, Italy:
Hundreds of young individuals led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg marched in Milan Friday to demand swift climate action a month ahead of the essential COP26 environmental summit in Glasgow.
The Fridays for Future marches that brought huge crowds of youth with each other in cities across the globe have been interrupted by two years of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have to bring attention back to the huge issue that is the climate crisis,” 15-year-old Maria told AFP, dressed in a white hazmat suit and green face paint.
“We are so happy to be back in the street,” added the Italian teenager, marching below a giant wave of green cloth.
A handful of higher-profile guests led the front of the parade which includes Thunberg and Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate.
Both have been in Milan as element of the official UN gathering for the youth version of the COP26 climate summit, to which 400 young individuals have been invited.
“The world is waking up and change is coming whether you like it or not,” study a sign in the crowd.
Other messages incorporated the ever-common “There’s no planet B” or drawings of an ailing Earth with a thermometer in its cartoon mouth crying: “Save me”.
Some indicators expressed thanks to Thunberg or quoted her infamous “How dare you?” speech at the UN General Assembly that went viral two years ago.
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