Sep 15, 2023
Roads will be blocked, cities shut down, airports targeted, marches begun and chanting, lots of chanting, will combine Friday as climate protesters around the world rally to demand an immediate end to fossil fuel use. That's the plan, anyway, with the so-called Global Climate Strike 2023 destined to last through the weekend and end late Sunday. AP reports the mass public action - driven by several mostly youth-led, local and global climate groups and organizations, including Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future movement - will take place in dozens of countries and in at least 50 cities worldwide for 72-hours. WATCH: Greta Thunberg Calls for "Drastic Emissions Cuts" to "Fundamentally Change Our Society" The protest demands include - but are not restricted to - "divesting from new and current fossil fuel projects, sharing the burden equally among society, investing in community-owned renewable energy projects, and paying reparations to communities affected